Overview

• Hillary Clinton rebuked Vice President J.D. Vance and Elon Musk for promoting higher U.S. birthrates, framing their rhetoric as a push for women to prioritize childbearing over other roles.
• Clinton argued that Republican proposals to encourage native births, such as baby bonuses, conflict with their efforts to cut Medicaid, Head Start, and paid family leave programs.
• She highlighted immigrants' higher fertility rates and their contributions to replenishing the U.S. workforce and driving economic growth, contrasting this with GOP anti-immigration policies.
• Clinton described the GOP's pronatalist agenda as a performative gesture that lacks genuine support for families, citing the influence of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025.
• The debate underscores a broader partisan divide over addressing America's demographic decline through native births versus immigration reform.