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JD Vance slams racist attacks on wife Usha Vance
The remarks came after far-right and political commentators targeted the Second Lady with racially charged and antisemitic comments.
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Malvika Choudhary - Tue, 23, Dec 2025
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JD Vance with Usha Vance / Instagram (@vp)
US Vice President JD Vance condemned antisemitic and racist remarks directed at his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, saying personal attacks based on race or religion have no place in American politics.
In an interview with UnHerd, Vance responded to comments made by far-right commentator Nick Fuentes and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, both of whom have publicly targeted Usha Vance.
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“Let me be clear. Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat sh#t. That's my official policy as vice president of the United States,” Vance said.
He described antisemitism and ethnic hatred as unacceptable, adding that such rhetoric was particularly damaging when it emerged from within political movements. “Whether you're attacking somebody because they're white or because they're black or because they're Jewish, I think it's disgusting,” he said.
Fuentes, a figure associated with white nationalist politics, has repeatedly used racist and anti-Indian slurs against Usha Vance, who was born in the United States to Indian immigrant parents.
He has also referred to JD Vance as a “race traitor” for marrying a woman who is not white. The attacks form part of a broader pattern in which Fuentes and his supporters, often referred to as “Groypers,” have targeted public figures and their families online.
Psaki, who now hosts a political programme on MSNBC, drew criticism in October after making remarks about Usha Vance during her show. On air, she said she wondered “what’s going on in the mind of his wife” and suggested that she might need to be “rescued,” comments that were widely criticised as inappropriate and sexist.
Vance also criticized what he described as “heritage Americanist” thinking, which defines American identity through ancestry or genetics rather than shared civic values. Similar arguments have been made by former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has urged conservatives to ground American identity in ideals rather than lineage.
“There is no American who is more American than somebody else. You either are an American, or you are not,” Ramaswamy has said, challenging ancestry-based definitions of national belonging.
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