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Vice President Responds To Criticism That He Publicly Threw His Wife Under The ‘Religious Bus’

JD Vance responded to criticism about comments he made about his wife's religion.

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Vice President JD Vance appeared this week at a Turning Point USA event and made news for two things: his seemingly overly familiar behavior with Erika Kirk, the widow of his friend and Turning Point founder Charlie, and for a comment that he wishes his wife, Usha, who was raised Hindu, would convert to Christianity.

Vance, in response to a question at the event, had said that Usha grew up in a “not a particularly religious” family – although he has implied otherwise in the past — he added that “I honestly do wish that because I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way.”

“If she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, so that doesn’t cause a problem for me. That’s something you work out.”

Vance has not addressed that moment with Erika Kirk, but he did angrily defend his comments about his wife’s potential conversion.

The vice president, on Friday, quoted Ezra Levant, himself a long-controversial Canadian right-wing media figure, who had said of Vance that “it’s weird to throw your wife’s religion under the bus, in public, for a moment’s acceptance by groypers.” Vance called it a “disgusting comment.”

There were some shocked reactions to what the vice president said, including some who noticed that a certain segment of the Republican base these days does not approve of interracial marriage or Indian people.

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