Vance Wrong On Child Tax Credit, Harris’ Remarks About Climate Change and Having Kids

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In defending his “childless cat lady” comments, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrongly claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “is calling for an end to the child tax credit.” He also incorrectly claimed that Harris said “it was a bad idea to have kids because of climate change anxiety.” Harris, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has a record of working to expand the child tax credit, which reduces taxes for families with dependent children. Her tiebreaking vote in the Senate was essential to moving forward legislation in 2021 that temporarily increased the child tax credit and also made it fully refundable, meaning that poor people who don’t owe taxes can still get the money. She has since supported making those changes permanent. During a college tour last year, Harris said that young climate leaders had spoken to her about “climate change anxiety,” which included their concerns about having kids in the future. But she did not endorse the notion of not having children because of environmental concerns. Rather, she mentioned several ways in which the Biden administration was addressing climate change. Vance’s claims came in a...