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Vice President JD Vance gave a profane response to "attacks" on his wife, Usha, during an exclusive interview with UnHerd published on Sunday (December 21).
“Let me be clear. Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is [MSNOW host] Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat s**t,” Vance said. “That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States.”
Fuentes, 27, who's gained attention online as a far-right white supremacist and Holocaust denier, referred to Vance as a "race traitor" for marrying an Indian woman and used racist terms while describing the now-second lady.
“Who is this guy, really? Do we really expect that the guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity?” Fuentes said while discussing President Donald Trump's selection of Vance as his running mate last year.
Psaki, who had previously served as former President Joe Biden's press secretary, had publicly claimed that Usha needed to be rescued from the vice president during an appearance on the I've Had It podcast.
“I always wonder what’s going on in the mind of [Vance’s] wife. Like, are you OK? Please blink four times. Come over here. We’ll save you,” Psaki said.
Vance strongly condemned racism and antisemitism in the UnHerd interview.
“Antisemitism and all forms of ethnic hatred have no place in the conservative movement,” he said. “Whether you’re attacking somebody because they’re white or because they’re black or because they’re Jewish, I think it’s disgusting."