Democrat Lawmaker Scolds Trolls To Leave JD Vance’s Family Out of the Political Fray
(Oliver Contreras/Pool Photo via AP)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is defending Vice President JD Vance’s wife, Usha [Vance], and their children from online trolls who have been speculating over their religion.
Khanna posted to X on Saturday, “No one has been harsher on @JDVance policy than I have. But his wife is an accomplished daughter of immigrants and they have young kids. Attack on the policies. Leave his family out of it.”
No one has been harsher on @JDVance policy than I have. But his wife is an accomplished daughter of immigrants and they have young kids. Attack on the policies. Leave his family out of it.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 1, 2025
The spotlight was thrust on Usha Vance, who was raised in the Hindu faith by Telugu Indian immigrant parents, after the vice president expressed a desire for her to convert to Christianity and join him in the Catholic church.
Vance told an audience at the University of Mississippi this week, “Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, 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.”
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Vance's 8-year-old did his first Communion "about a year ago," and his two oldest kids go to a Christian school
"Most Sundays, Usha comes… pic.twitter.com/RuXAWOD58j
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 30, 2025
The vice president’s comments were made in front of thousands of students as part of a Turning Point USA event honoring the late Charlie Kirk.
Social media erupted over the vice president’s public comments about such a private matter as wanting his wife to convert.
You learn a lot about a man’s character by watching how he reacts when his own family is unfairly targeted.
Usha grew up in a devout Hindu household, her own words, spoken multiple times, including with JD Vance sitting right beside her (second video). She has always identified… pic.twitter.com/dJYmxlmqUS
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) October 30, 2025
JD Vance is publicly asking Usha to convert means he asked in private and she said no. Such a scum bag!
— Ram (@ramprasad_c) October 30, 2025
Just imagine being Usha Vance's parents, who immigrated from India in the 1970s and spoke Telugu, and having your greasy racist son-in-law smearing your family for political points. https://t.co/XXxsQKuNlF
— Tim Spalding
(@librarythingtim) October 30, 2025
Vance did defend his wife against racist attacks from white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who said last month, “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?”
JD Vance told ABC News’s Jon Karl, “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.”
He added, “I wish people would keep it focused on me. But, whatever. They’re going to say what they’re going to stay. My wife’s tough enough to handle it and that’s a good thing.”
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JUST IN: JD Vance says he's raising his children Christian, and he hopes his agnostic wife, Usha, comes around to the Christian faith
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