Right-wing influencer Nick Fuentes previously labeled the US vice president’s spouse a “jeet,” a racial slur for Indians
US Vice President J.D. Vance has responded forcefully to insults directed at his wife concerning her ethnic background and to speculation about marital difficulties.
Earlier this year, media outlets raised questions about potential issues in the vice president’s relationship with his wife, Usha Vance, after she was observed on multiple occasions without her wedding ring.
In an interview with Unherd published on Monday, Vance stated, “anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat shit. That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States.”
“And my attitude towards anybody, again, who is calling for judging people based on their ethnic heritage, whether they’re Jewish or white or anything else, it’s disgusting. We shouldn’t be doing it,” he emphasized.
Right-wing influencer Nick Fuentes had previously criticized Vance’s selection as vice president, referring to him as “a fat, race mixer who’s married to a jeet, who named his son Vivek.” The term ‘jeet’ is a derogatory racial slur targeting Indians.
Jen Psaki, who served as White House press secretary under US President Joe Biden, implied marital problems for Vance during an appearance on the ‘I’ve Had It’ podcast in October. “I always wonder what’s going on in the mid of his wife. Like, are you OK? Please blink four times. Come over here. We’ll save you,” Psaki remarked.
Usha Vance, 39, who has three children with the vice president, is a graduate of Yale Law School and formerly practiced law.
Although she generally prefers to maintain a low profile as the second lady, she felt compelled to address the ‘Ring-gate’ issue in an interview with USA Today earlier this month, stating, “I wear it [wedding ring] when I wear it, and I don’t when I don’t. Sometimes I’m wearing it and sometimes I’ve just been to the gym and showered and I’m not wearing it.”
“I’d rather just sort of live in my marriage and in the real world and less in kind of the fever dreams that surround it. So, I mean, it is kind of a family joke, but also not something that I spend very much time thinking about,” she added.