Fox News hosts on Sunday promoted the idea that “childless” Americans should not be allowed to participate in society by voting.Report Advertisement
The idea was recently floated by Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance.
“Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of the children,” Vance told a conference on the Future of American Political Economy.
The hosts of Fox & Friends discussed the merits of the idea that the “childless left” should not be able to vote.
“I think it’s an interesting idea,” host Will Cain said. “I’m into interesting ideas. Let’s think about it. Let’s talk about it. He’s saying childless leaders are making decisions that are short-term in mind, not focused on the long-term future health of this country because they don’t have a stake in the game. Parents have a stake in the game, they have children so give parents a bigger say.”‘
Co-host Pete Hegseth pointed out that fellow co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy would get nine votes because she has nine children.
“I don’t know about that solution, that seems not feasible,” Campos-Duffy said. “But I will say that I agree with the premise of it, that it is absolutely true that people like [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], Pete Buttigieg — you can name the left-wing politicians, people who think that we should legalize marijuana because they don’t have kids and they don’t really have a stake in what that looks like.”
Right. All the parents who refuse to accept that climate change is real are real long term thinkers. Or the parents who run the fossil fuel industry. And this thing where they are refusing to get vaccines and want to take kids from their parents if they wear masks, is certainly shows great care for their future.
JD Vance is turning out to be a real blight on our politics in a whole new way. I won’t be surprised if he ends up winning. That’s just how screwed up we are these days.