Vice presidential nominee JD Vance said he would like to see the child tax credit expanded to $5,000 per child.
“I think we’d love to see it at a higher dollar value, and I think President (Donald) Trump and I have proposed that,” Vance told CBS’ Face the Nation in an interview airing Sunday. “I’d love to see a child tax credit that’s $5,000 per child, but you of course have to work with Congress to see how possible and viable that is.”
Vance said he wants a “broad-based family policy and a broad-based Child Tax Credit,” arguing it shouldn’t be based on income.
“You don’t want a different policy for higher-income families. You just want to have a pro-family child tax credit,” Vance continued.
Vance said he opposes “one model of child care,” and that the credit should also apply to grandparents who raise grandchildren, as his did, as well as to single parents.
Pressed on whether the credit should apply to same-sex couples, Vance said, “All families would be included, of course.”
Vance also claimed that “the child tax credit has languished thanks to the Biden administration because (Vice President Kamala) Harris has failed to show fundamental leadership.” He has previously falsely claimed that Harris is calling to end the child tax credit. She has actually called for years to increase it.
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan tax package that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit, which Vance described in the CBS interview as a “show vote.”
