'Money where your mouth is': Pete Buttigieg pounces on J.D. Vance over his family attacks

Following an extensive CNN interview with GOP vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, speaking in a personal capacity, took the Ohio Republican to task for a multitude of comments he made to "State of the Union" host Dana Bash before getting personal about Vance's beliefs about his family.

Addressing Vance's remarks that Democrats are anti-family, the Indiana Democrat called out the Ohio senator for not "putting his money where his mouth is."

Using Vance's criticism of "childless cat ladies," which has cast a cloud of his selection as a running mate by Donald Trump, as a jumping-off point, Buttigieg told the CNN host, "Let's be clear, we're the ones trying to get the Child Tax Credit expanded and J.D. Vance couldn't be bothered to show up in the Senate and vote for it and Republicans have blocked that from being expanded or it'd be the law of the land right now."

"So if you want to talk about promoting children, promoting family, put your money where your mouth is," he continued.

Addressing Bash's interview with Vance moments before, he elaborated, "Look, when you asked him and pressed him on whether my family was legitimate, he said yes because I think he felt shamed into it. But let's remember also, the last time I checked, he doesn't even think I should legally be able to have a family."

"Now, if he really got his way in his anti-marriage equality views, I don't know if that means that he would want me and my husband to be forcibly divorced and separated from our children or if he'd be satisfied just to have us lose legal protections like the ability to do our taxes together, visit them in a hospital," he added. "I don't know exactly what his vision of us not having a family looks like, but I know that it's not pro-family for me."

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Correction: This article originally stated that Pete Buttigieg is treasury secretary. He is the transportation secretary.