CNN host Dana Bash sparred with Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio on Sunday when he challenged her questions about his past comments on childless women and pressed her on Vice President Kamala Harris’s avoidance of media inquiries.

Vance highlighted that Harris has not held an interview or press conference since President Joe Biden launched his reelection campaign on July 21. He criticized Bash for focusing on “a sarcastic remark” he made in 2021 while not addressing Harris’s lack of responses.

“I wonder what Kamala Harris thinks about the fact that she supported policies that opened the American southern border. I wonder what Kamala Harris thinks about the fact that she lied to the American people about Joe Biden’s mental — mental facility for the office,” Vance said before Bash interrupted, saying, “But I’m interviewing you, not Kamala Harris.” “You are interviewing me, Dana, because I respect the American people enough to sit down for an interview. Kamala Harris has been the nominee for three weeks. She hasn’t sat down for a real interview.”

During the extensive 20-minute interview, Bash questioned Vance at least once about his 2021 remarks regarding “childless cat ladies” and followed up with several inquiries about whether he considered Democrats to be “anti-child.”

Vance noted that talking about the country’s problems should be the most important thing.

“But the point is, Dana, you’ve got me for 15 minutes or however long you have me. We should be talking about public policies that matter,” Vance said. “How are we going to lower inflation? How are we going to reduce the cost of food and housing? How are we going to close down that southern border? We’ve talked so little about that. We’ve talked a lot more about a sarcastic remark I made three years ago. I think we should talk about the issues that most Americans care about.”