As Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance faces continued controversy over his outrageous claim that childless cat ladies are running the country, a childless, single man running for one of Virginias U.S. House seats who lives alone with his dog has enlisted a woman and her children to pose as his family. Derrick Anderson, a former Green Beret running for an open seat in Virginias Seventh District, posted footage to his YouTube channel posing with a woman and her three daughters in what looks like a photo that might be used for an annual holiday card, according to The New York Times. Related J.D. Vance claims that pet-eating Haitian immigrants are spreading HIV Vance said hes willing to create stories to turn Americans against immigrants. Locals say hes using Nazi methods to create racist violence. Another scene, filmed for potential use in a campaign ad, pictured Anderson seated at a dining room table with the same woman and three girls, chatting and smiling. Your LGBTQ+ guide to Election 2024 Stay ahead of the 2024 Election with our newsletter that covers candidates, issues, and perspectives that matter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The holiday snap was posted on the National Republican Campaign Committee website to promote Andersons campaign, and wasincluded in a videoon his campaigns YouTube account.Andersons wife and children were borrowed from a friend. He posed with another young girl that might have been his daughter in another mailing. A friend just got this mailer from Derrick Anderson. Some more questions Whose daughter is that? How many fake daughters is too many fake daughters? Whose dog is that? Still: WHY!? https://t.co/9rVgfy0ZQn pic.twitter.com/f5eoJKrBPd Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) September 29, 2024The candidates duplicitous strategy seems aimed at creating the image of a family man aligned with the anti-abortion message that he and fellow Republicans are obsessed with. Anderson does not have children of his own and is unmarried, but anyone quickly glancing at the photos would likely assume theyre his own wife and kids.Following the Supreme Courts decision to strike downRoe v Wadein 2022, Anderson celebrated the ruling, posting to Twitter that the court finally got it right and overturned a 50 year decision of federalizing abortions.Earlier this month, he posted video to X campaigning on a deserted suburban street with a woman named Maggie that he claimed was his fianc. Out knocking doors in Stafford County tonight with my fiance, Maggie.My message is clear: I'll fight everyday in Congress to make sure the people of #VA07 are not burdened by high cost of living, record inflation, & rising crime due to the crisis at the border. pic.twitter.com/q3pJDYwnYU Derrick Anderson (@DerrickforVA) September 9, 2024Anderson lives at home alone with his dog, according to his campaign website.The New York Times story recorded how GOP candidates are turning to their wives to soften their images, even as they go after womens reproductive freedoms.Anodyne images of women in softly lit living rooms and pristine kitchens vouching for their husbands characters, and moms driving S.U.V.s with young children in the back seat as they stop for gas and groceries push an image of the candidates as champions for their families who can be champions for yours, too, even as they deny womens bodily autonomy.At a candidate forum last week, Anderson refused to answer whether or notVirginia women should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Asked repeatedly whether he supports a womans right to choose, Anderson would only say that each state is going to have to make a determination that best fits their states. Derrick Anderson is pushing out "family" photos to try and make voters look past his unpopular anti-abortion stances. #VA07Earlier this month Anderson couldn't answer the simple question of whether Virginia women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. pic.twitter.com/hYmD3cfqY3 American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) September 27, 2024Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.