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Emmy Presenter Candice Bergen Compares JD Vance’s “Childless Cat Ladies” Swipe To Dan Quayle’s Attack On ‘Murphy Brown’
Bergen, a presenter, compared Vance's "childless cat ladies" comment to Quayle's attack on Murphy Brown.
Candice Bergen opened her appearance at the Emmys, to present the comedy actress category, with a comparison of JD Vance’s attack on “childless cat ladies” to then-Vice President Dan Quayle’s election year fight with Murphy Brown. And in one classic moment, my character was attacked by Vice President Dan Quayle when Murphy became pregnant and decided to raise the baby as a single mother. Back in 1992, Quayle delivered a speech in which he said that it “doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
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