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.
“She’s cool, she’s with me”
She’s not white, but…
Sweet milky cheeses what a horrible sentence!
I am fully aware she is garbage too for marrying that d-bag, but how can she possibly be ok with someone who would even utter this sentence?
Don’t worry. She’s one of the good ones.
I like the “obviously” part. Yes, thank you for literally stating the obvious.
Because it’s “obviously” the first thing he notices every time.
So gross.
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
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.
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.
I had to make sure there was a photo of them in the same room
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.
"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)”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
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.
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.
She loves her for who she is…
Like… It’s lesser to be who she is?..
She is one of the good ones
Not if Flipper is on.
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.
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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)_/¯
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?
It’s not weird if you agree with the premise in general just not her in specific.
