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The Ballerina Farming of America: How JD Vance, Elon Musk, and the Entire GOP Want to Trigger Mommy Mania

JD Vance may be an inelegant messenger, but his tradwife-y pitch is not “weird” to a huge swath of conservatives who are pushing Americans to breed. Who’s buying it?
Hannah Neeleman, last year's Mrs. American pageant winner, holds her newborn daughter, Flora Jo, after the Mrs. World beauty pageant at the Westgate Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Jan. 21, 2024.By BRIDGET BENNETT/The New York Times/Redux.
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