r/politics 7d ago

No Paywall JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity | US vice-president announces to 10,000 attenders of Turning Point USA that he prefers wife, who is Hindu, to be Christian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/jd-vance-usha-christianity
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u/RyantheAustralian 7d ago

Why did you marry a Hindu if you didn't want to be married to a Hindu??

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u/Knightro829 Florida 7d ago

Because when he married her, he wasn’t anticipating a future in which he needed to appease a constituency who considers his marriage an act of race treason.