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.

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    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.”

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    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?

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    This guy is really banking on the fact that cult45 is incredibly stupid. He’s said a bunch of shit the cult won’t appreciate. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.

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    “We’ve been accused,…”

    I wonder what he was about to say before he corrected himself here?

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      My guess would be something like ‘of being a race traitor’ based on the language I’ve heard that crowd use previously.

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    "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)”

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    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.

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    JD Vance is a bitchass cunt and won’t defend anyone because of that fact.

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    LOL the article mentions nick fuentes, whose name i’ve seen, but don’t know much about, so i looked him up. my favorite:

    He has described himself as the “straightest guy” and attempted to defend himself as an incel by claiming that “the only really straight heterosexual position is to be an asexual incel”, as “having sex with women is gay … What’s gayer than being like, ‘I need cuddles. I need kisses … I need to spend time with a woman.’”[30][31][32]

    LOL what the chicken fried fuck

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    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.

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      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.