“Look, my attitude to these people attacking my wife is, she’s beautiful, she’s smart. What kind of man marries Usha? A very smart man and a very lucky man, importantly.
“And my view is, look, if these guys want to attack me or attack my views, my policy views, my personality, come after me.
“But don’t attack my wife. She’s out of your league.” – J.D. Vance, responding to cultists’ racist attacks on his wife.
Leading the attacks is neo-Nazi leader Nick Fuentes, who in 2022 dined with Trump at Mar-A-Lago. As you’ll see below, Vance defends Trump for not denouncing Fuentes.
“Donald Trump has spent a lot of quality time with my wife. Every time he sees her he gives her a hug, tells her she’s beautiful and jokes around with her a little bit,” JD Vance on why he’s sure Donald Trump isn’t a white supremacist. https://t.co/TtaF2BOqyU
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 11, 2024