Fox's Trey Gowdy went through a long explainer without actually giving any "context" to what JD Vance said about "childless cat ladies" while pretending that he might somehow ask for forgiveness for his remarks.
I hate to break it to Gowdy, but if you're having to go through this sort of tortured explainer hoping to do a bit of damage control for your boy's vice presidential pick who insulted millions of American women and anyone else who doesn't have children for whatever reason, your side ain't winning.
Here's Gowdy's intro this Sunday just prior to Vance making an appearance for an interview:
GOWDY: Three years ago, then Senate candidate J .D. Vance made a comment about, quote, childless cat ladies who are miserable and want others to be miserable, too. It was implied those with children have a more vested interest in the future of the country. (It was more than "implied." It's literally what he said.)
We have something called the rule of completeness in the courtroom, which tells us not to accept snippets or out of context quotes, but rather consider everything said or written in full. So I've done that. (Maybe Gowdy should have also noted that the childless cat lady crap isn't the only offensive thing Vance has said about people who don't have children, but do go on.)
