JD Vance acknowledges white supremacist attacks against wife Usha
Source: The Hill
07/26/24 4:06 PM ET
Vice presidential hopeful Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) acknowledged the white supremacist attacks against his wife, Usha Vance, who is a child of Indian immigrants. “Look, I love my wife so much. I love her because she’s who she is,” he told host Megyn Kelly on her show Friday. “Obviously, she’s not a white person, and we’ve been accused, attacked by some white supremacists over that. But I just, I love Usha.”
Usha Vance has faced a slew of far-right attacks targeting her Indian heritage following her husband’s nomination to the Republican ticket. “Who is this guy, really? Do we really expect that the guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity?” prominent white supremacist Nick Fuentes said of Vance after former President Trump announced his running mate.
Fuentes was invited to Mar-a-Lago by Trump in November 2022, stirring a firestorm of criticism. Vance has not publicly condemned the attacks, and in his comments Friday he was more critical of liberal commentators who have blasted his past comments about traditional family and gender roles, calling the criticism “disgusting.”
“She’s such a good mom,” Vance added of his wife. “She’s such a brilliant lawyer, and I’m so proud of her. But yes, her experience has given me some perspective on the way in which it’s really hard for working families in this country.” Stop AAPI Hate, a coalition working to fight injustice against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, said it observed a flood of racist comments after Usha Vance stepped into the spotlight at the Republican National Convention.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4795119-jdvance-wife-white-supremacist-attacks/
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Apparently he has a Mexican ancestor on his father's side. A fact that would exclude him from the claim! 
But he supports those who fan the flames of bigotry, so his words ring hollow.
He has children, and is working to put into power those who would limit the possibilities for them. The fact that he does this -- puts his own personal gain above doing everything he can for his kids' well-being -- makes him the worst kind of hypocrite.
