“I was looking at the leaders of the Democrats and realized how many of the next-gen leaders of the Democrats — It’s Kamala Harris, it’s AOC, it’s a lot of folks like that — they’re not planning to have kids. They don’t have kids.
“And I noticed that, you know, not having children, I think, changes the way you think about the future of the country. If you don’t have skin in the game — you pointed to some of the studies that suggest that parents think about the future of the country in a different way.
“And I realized that we’re being ruled by a childless elite, and it’s not just they don’t have kids — of course a lot of people don’t have kids for different reasons — it’s that they’re proud of the fact they don’t have kids. They think it’s bad if you have kids. They think it’s bad for the environment.
“They’re proud of their abortions. They shout their abortions from the rooftops. We’re entering a new era where the leaders of the left are not just without kids. They’re proud of that fact, and they look down on people who invest their time and their future in their children.
“And that is a dangerous place to live as a country.” – J.D. Vance, in a 2021 Newsmax appearance unearthed today by Media Matters.