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These Arizona 'childless cat ladies' have something to say about politics: photos

Kaylee Johannsen and her cat Evelyn. "I'm an animal nurturer," Johannsen says. "Just because I don't have a human child to care for doesn't mean that I'm not a caring person in a way that it actually matters."
Kaylee Johannsen and her cat Evelyn. "I'm an animal nurturer," Johannsen says. "Just because I don't have a human child to care for doesn't mean that I'm not a caring person in a way that it actually matters."
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Nicole Marquez's cat lounges in the Tuscan sun. Marquez won't vote for Kamala Harris. She's stuck between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Trump, she said. And she thought Vance's comment was funny. "Cat people can't have thin skin," she said in a text message. "We'd bleed to death lol."
Nicole Marquez's cat lounges in the Tuscan sun. Marquez won't vote for Kamala Harris. She's stuck between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Trump, she said. And she thought Vance's comment was funny. "Cat people can't have thin skin," she said in a text message. "We'd bleed to death lol."
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Shoji Hamada lounges on the couch, with her trademark side-eye. Her owner, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, says, "I just came back from a two week craft camp. And we all were talking about this. And we're all cat lovers. We all have multifaceted identities and what we are miserable about are these oppressive laws that men keep making to keep women back."
Shoji Hamada lounges on the couch, with her trademark side-eye. Her owner, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, says, "I just came back from a two week craft camp. And we all were talking about this. And we're all cat lovers. We all have multifaceted identities and what we are miserable about are these oppressive laws that men keep making to keep women back."
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Tamara Wright and her cat, Renzor, in Wright's home on July 26, 2024, in Phoenix. Wright said she read Vance's book "Hillbilly Elegy" and felt connected to it because she grew up lower-income. But her views about him changed when he moved into politics.
Tamara Wright and her cat, Renzor, in Wright's home on July 26, 2024, in Phoenix. Wright said she read Vance's book "Hillbilly Elegy" and felt connected to it because she grew up lower-income. But her views about him changed when he moved into politics.
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Tamara Wright said she might have voted for a Republican if the party hadn't nominated Trump. "I am not going to vote for a malignant narcissist Donald Trump who says horrible, vile, racist sexist things and then JD Vance just sort of doubled down on that," she said.
Tamara Wright said she might have voted for a Republican if the party hadn't nominated Trump. "I am not going to vote for a malignant narcissist Donald Trump who says horrible, vile, racist sexist things and then JD Vance just sort of doubled down on that," she said.
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Tamara Wright and her cat, Renzor, in Wright's home on July 26, 2024, in Phoenix. "I feel like they're losing potential voters that actually would like to get some things done and find a middle ground in terms of policy," says Wright of Trump's team. "When the Republican Party does this, it totally takes somebody like me out."
Tamara Wright and her cat, Renzor, in Wright's home on July 26, 2024, in Phoenix. "I feel like they're losing potential voters that actually would like to get some things done and find a middle ground in terms of policy," says Wright of Trump's team. "When the Republican Party does this, it totally takes somebody like me out."
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