JD Vance defends wife Usha against attacks on Indian heritage, Internet calls it 'faux victimhood'

WASHINGTON, DC: GOP Vice Presidential pick JD Vance called her wife Usha 'way out of their league' as he defended her against the attacks over her Indian heritage during an interview on Sunday, August 11.

Vance was nominated as the new presidential pick for the Republicans by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in July. The running mate has since participated in several campaign rallies, according to Fox News.

JD Vance defends wife against attacks over Indian heritage

During an interview with CBS 'Face the Nation,' host Margaret Brennan asked, "How concerned are you that this kind of hate would follow you to the White House?"

Vance answered, "It's going to follow us wherever we go because that's the nature of public life in America and it's disgraceful. I love my wife. I'm very proud of her. I'm extremely lucky to have met her and to have gotten the chance to build a life with her. And my attitude on this is, people want to attack me, attack my policy views, they're welcome to. I signed up for it. My wife didn't sign up for it."

He added, "And by the way, she's way out of their league...So I wish they would just keep their mouth shut, or at least focus on me."

Brennan also asked how the VP pick maintains his cool when his family is attacked personally in the public arena.

Vance replied, "Yeah, I get pissed off sometimes, certainly. When people attack your family… for something that no person can control."

The GOP VP pick had earlier made comments about White supremacists attacking his wife because "she's not a White person." Usha Vance is a renowned attorney and the daughter of Indian immigrants. JD and Usha have three children.

In a recent interview with 'Fox & Friends,' Usha talked about how she deals with negative media coverage of her and her husband. She said, "That can be hard. And, you know, sometimes I don't see it all, and sometimes I do see it and I look at and think, well, this is not the JD I know, this is not accurate. And other times it might span discussions or thoughts about what we should do next or how we should live."

She added, "I think we've been doing this now for a little while, and I've gotten kind of accustomed to it and grown a bit of a thick skin to it. And so I just try to not let it affect the way that I live."

She also said, "One really good piece of advice that someone gave me is just not to read the news that much, and it's not burying your head in the sand or anything like that. It's just JD is out there. He's talking about all sorts of things."

Internet slams JD Vance as he defends his wife against attacks

Several internet users slammed JD Vance as he called her wife Usha 'way out of their league' as he defended her against the attacks over her Indian heritage.

A user wrote on X, "Oh you mean like he did with @POTUS's family. Search his Hunter comments. He might look at his own party that is criticizing his wife as well," while one added, "But it’s ok for Vance and a certain other Republicans to have a biracial marriage but republicans want to take it away from everyone else."

A person also stated, "What attacks? The only person I can think of who’s questioned a person’s heritage or deliberately mispronounced her Indian name is your running mate," whereas one mentioned, "Funny... the attacks are coming from JD Vance's own base... MAGA racists."

A user also wrote, "Yeah imagine them keeping that same energy when they attack their opponents' families," while one commented, "He doesn’t think much of his core supporters."

Another added, "No one has attacked her. Faux Victimhood."

  A person added, "Do you call out Trump for his attacks on people’s families?"

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