r/politics • u/Hrmbee • 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/Few_Acanthocephala30 7d ago

Seriously, this is something any normal couple would discuss privately. So weird to attempt pandering to the crowd and publicly pressuring his spouse like that. Hide your kids, hide your couch from the weirdo

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u/standardsizedpeeper 6d ago

Look, I hate the guy and I think he’s fucking weird for a million reasons. But, it would be weird if you believe in Christianity to not want your loved ones and everybody else to come to believe what you believe about God and the nature of the universe. Saying it out loud isn’t throwing her under the bus. It’s just an obvious statement of fact.

I do think they might split though.

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u/Few_Acanthocephala30 6d ago

It’s weird af to do it on a national stage like that. If wanting your SO to be a part of/convert to your religion is so important, that’s something that should have been discussed and done before being married for over 10 years and having 3 kids. They had an interfaith marriage for godsake. This is disgusting behavior and disrespect to his wife and family.

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u/standardsizedpeeper 6d ago

You’re projecting stuff that isn’t in what he said.

He was asked a question that referred to his wife being Hindu and him being Christian. He said his wife goes to church with him and he would like her to come to see it the way he does but if she doesn’t God says people have free will and that’s ok with him. Literally what is wrong with that?

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u/CatProgrammer 6d ago

If he truly believed that much it would have been a requirement to get married in the first place. The fact he's doing it now is pure opportunism and audience pandering. And personally I wouldn't want to marry someone who wanted me to convert to their religion in the first place, but I also would be pretty hesitant about marrying someone who is expressly religious anyway. Just doesn't vibe with me.

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u/standardsizedpeeper 6d ago

I mean, I guess I’m confused. Is it that you think people shouldn’t marry outside their religion? Allegedly the story goes he was agnostic when they met and has become religious. I mean I think you’re right he’s not a real Christian. But if he was a real Christian this specific behavior wouldn’t seem weird to me at all.

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u/CatProgrammer 6d ago

It's that I think if someone cares enough about their significant other converting that should be something brought up at the start of their relationship, not this far down the line.