Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) acknowledged — but did not condemn — white supremacist attacks aimed at his wife, Usha Vance, over her Indian descent on Friday.
“Look, I love my wife so much. I love her because she’s who she is,” former President Donald Trump’s running mate told Megyn Kelly on her SiriusXM show.
He continued, “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. She’s such a good mom, she’s such a brilliant lawyer and I’m so proud of her.”
Trump’s vice presidential pick, who has faced backlash for going after “childless” Democrats in 2021 with a comment he recently called “sarcastic,” added that his wife’s experience has helped give him the perspective that it’s “very hard” for working families in America.
It’s telling that he jumped to defend how much he loves her, and in a way that seemed to be saying “It’s okay, she’s one of the GOOD ones!”, rather than condemning or decrying the racist, hateful acts themselves.
Telling, but not surprising
attacked by some white supremacists over that
That sort of implies that there are other white supremacists he doesn’t have a problem with, right?
and he said like her skin color was an affliction that they would cure if they were able to
and talked about her like a male porn performer talks to a female performer “He is so proud of her and her performance.”
That’s too respectful for porn
There is some variability to white supremacists. My cousins (lifelong Floridians, naturally) are white supremacists despite being half-Thai. They probably don’t have any problem with Usha - for them, white supremacy is about hating people of African descent specifically.
He continued, “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. She’s such a good mom, she’s such a brilliant lawyer and I’m so proud of her.”
Jesus… Unwilling to condemn even when they’re attacking the so-called love of your life. I sure hope rapists don’t get some part of their platform too. His wife might be subject to so much worse…but he loves her…such a good mom.
Talk to Rafael, it’s part of the program
I was watching a Meidas Touch video and they were showing some conservative influencer trying to defend Shady Vance and basically said the same thing - that he’s such a good dad and husband.
Conservatives only care about roles, not people, and your role is determined by the color of your skin and your wealth.
See, he can’t actually go after these attacks for being the racist epithets that they are, because that would offend the Republican base. He’s got to thread that needle of “defending his wife” and “still being racist.”
She is one of the good ones
Print photos of different couches and mail them to any or all of these locations:
https://www.vance.senate.gov/office-locations/
Don’t forget to add little love notes. e.g., “Thinking of you 💋”
The couch things was funny, but it’s not the reason to hate Vance, and posting this comment in every single thread about him is annoying. We can do better.
No, we can’t. And it’s because voters are so goddamn stupid. Left, right, center, it’s a plague of stupidity.
If hating on Vance for a stupid meme instead of the fact that he’s a fucking ethno fascist saves our democracy, fine. Better than the alternative. At least Democrats invest in public schooling.
Yeah there are legitimate reasons to not like this guy, focusing on the silly coach joke is just a distraction really
This is the 26th time you’ve spammed this.
Interesting. I count 18 in my comment history, and usually if a comment is removed it would still be in my comment history as removed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"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. "
Shortens to:
“…she’s not a white person… But I just love Usha”
With implied reasoning:
“…she’s not a white person… But I just love Usha (anyway)”To me she is like a black maga.
It’s not weird if you agree with the premise in general just not her in specific.
“She’s cool, she’s with me”
She’s a DEI wife. Some poor white woman was looked over for the very appealing task of being JD Vance’s
couchwife.“couchwife”. Brilliant.
Just following in Trump’s footsteps, with Melanie taking a job that no American was willing to do.
Vance really is the Diet Mountain Dew to Trump’s original, piss-colored drink.
Yeah but Usha didn’t get the Einstein visa did she. tsk tsk. Maybe if she had applied herself a little harder.
What’s Vance’s favorite part of a Simpsons episode?
I’m not sure here… Are you implying that the couch doesn’t consent or that the couch is kinky?
She may not be white, or have throw cushions, but god damnit he tolerates her regardless!
Hey, anyone willing to wear a bottlenose in bed is good enough for Vance.
Man, to be that into the whole “If I just act whiter, I’ll be accepted” that she must go through in her head every, single, day of her life just to be white adjacent is just mind blowing to me.
She’s so emotionally damaged from believing in the whole model minority myth that she’s okay with being shit on by her husband and his party every single day of her life just makes me so utterly sad that she’s so broken that way.
and up until recently she hated trump https://www.thedailybeast.com/usha-vance-was-appalled-by-jan-6-and-trump-friends-spill
Until recently HE hated trump, so no surprise here.
She seems to be intelligent and well adjusted.
It’s possible she dismisses her husbands behaviour as theatre, which is very likely what it is.
I’m not defending him mind you, I just don’t think she’s a hapless fool.
The dude had a Hindu wedding ceremony and is mostly vegetarian at home. He doesn’t strike me as particularly bigoted against his wife. If she’s got an inferiority complex, it likely comes from comparing herself to upholstery.
Not if Flipper is on.
“We’ve been accused,…”
I wonder what he was about to say before he corrected himself here?
My guess would be something like ‘of being a race traitor’ based on the language I’ve heard that crowd use previously.
