JD Vance’s childcare plan ticked off some parents and grandparents. There’s a way to fix it. [Video]

Linda C., a retired deputy sheriff in California, considers herself politically independent.

She voted for former President Donald Trump in 2016 and then for President Joe Biden in 2020. But this year, she feels strongly about supporting the Democratic ticket, largely because of the stances Republicans, including Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, have taken on childcare.

She was particularly perturbed by Vance’s recent suggestion that grandparents and other family members “help out a little bit more” with childrearing to relieve the burden of childcare costs.

Linda said she loves spending time with her grandchildren but worked hard for her retirement and thinks Vance’s proposal is an unsustainable and “insulting” solution to the childcare crisis.

“I have a very intense, visceral response to it, almost like a PTSD response to it, because I was brought up in the ’70s around what we used to call ‘male chauvinist pigs,'” said Linda, who requested her last name be withheld to protect …