Universal Childcare
2021
2021-04-29 JD Vance posted, “Universal day care is class war against normal people”. He also tweeted, “It turns out that normal Americans care more about their families than their jobs and want a family policy that doesn’t shunt their kids into crap daycare so they can enjoy more “freedom” in the paid labor force”.
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1387763955557445640
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1387763862808768525
https://nwlc.org/nwlc-in-the-press/jd-vance-says-hes-pro-family-many-women-say-the-economy-isnt/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2024
2024-09-05 During a campaign rally in Mesa Arizona, JD Vance said, ”…one of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on people who are paying so much for daycare is make it so that, you know, maybe, like, Grandma or Grandpa wants to help out a little bit more, or maybe there’s an aunt or uncle that wants to help out a little bit more…”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2025 January
2025-01-20 Page 486 of Project 2025 aims to prevent universal childcare.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025 April
2025-04-08 The Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents Act was introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1348/all-info
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3048/text
2025 September
2025-09-13 During a hearing on universal childcare, Representative Katie Porter challenged Heritage Foundation researcher Dr. Burke, who argued that universal childcare is investing with “other people’s money”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXwlE1SaFhc
2025-09-14 New Mexico Democrats stepped up and introduced a plan to establish universal childcare statewide.
2025 December
2025-12-26 Right-wing vlogger Nick Shirley alleged widespread childcare fraud involving Somali communities. The claims prompted investigations, funding freezes, and harassment directed at Minnesota childcare centers. Both JD Vance and Pam Bondi publicly praised Shirley. Did You Know? The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 page 482 and 486 mandate defunding and dismantling childcare?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-fraud-nick-shirley-video-day-care-investigation/
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/30/g-s1-104049/trump-minnesota-child-care-funding-freeze-fraud-schemes
https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2005764911427731459?s=20
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20260107/118796/HHRG-119-GO00-20260107-SD091.pdf
https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118871/documents/HHRG-119-JU08-20260121-SD032.pdf
2025-12-27 JD Vance praised Nick Shirley “This dude has done far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 @pulitzercenter prizes.”
https://x.com/JDVance/status/2005064947437650251?lang=en
2026 April
2026-04-03 Trump made deep cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and recommended cutting it entirely while simultaneously demanding $1.5T in defense spending to support Israels war. He stated, “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual…things. They can do it on a State basis. You can’t do it on a Federal – we have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0IV2JT26Ls&list=WL&index=4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEURbAHBPvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GFcmIVM3Yc
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/politics/donald-trump-iran-war-daycare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSXxofF5lJg&t=33s
https://www.ncoa.org/article/energy-assistance-beyond-liheap/
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5815067-trump-budget-liheap-energy-prices/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5814887-15t-defense-budget-request/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5814887-15t-defense-budget-request/