Murkowski slams Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comments as 'offensive' to women

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) hit her party's own vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), for what she called "offensive" comments about “childless cat ladies."

"If the Republican Party is trying to improve its image with women, I don't think that this is working," Murkowski told POLITICO, calling Vance's comments unfortunate, unnecessary and "offensive to many women."

"To be so derogatory in this way is offensive to me as a woman," she added.

Democrats have excoriated Vance over 2021 remarks, when he said the Democratic Party was being run by "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too."

As for Senate Republicans, they have mostly stuck by Vance after his tough week, but advised him to choose his words more carefully.

Murkowski often breaks with her party and has said she won't vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump. Other Senate Republicans criticized Vance's choice of words as a mistake, but largely moved past them.