J.D. Vance Pokes Fun Of His Wife On Stage And People Have Some Thoughts ‘Can We Get A Welfare Check For Usha?’

J.D. Vance made an old-fashioned joke about his wife.


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Vice President J.D. Vance did something this week that occasions headlines like “J.D. Vance Makes Weird Joke About Wife’s Role.”

The occasion was an appearance by the vice president at a plastics company in Michigan, where his wife Usha joined him on stage.

“I’m so proud to have her by my side,” the vice president said of his wife. “And here’s the thing, because the cameras are all on, anything that I say, no matter how crazy, Usha has to smile and laugh and celebrate it… I’m going to be good, though, honey.”

The Second Lady appeared to laugh at her husband’s joke, as did some but not all of the crowd. Before, Vance said that he thought Usha was “doing a great job” as Second Lady.

The appearance came the day after Vance was booed at an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

There were quite a few memorable reactions to what the vice president had to say:

 

In the Michigan factory’s speech, Vance vowed that U.S. manufacturing can rebound. He declared that ““We started a great American comeback” and that Trump’s policies will “make it easier and more affordable to make things again in the United States.”

In addition, about 50 protesters showed up outside the venue, to which Vance retorted, in the speech,  “Don’t you all have jobs?… We want those people to get off the streets and back to work.”

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