Vice President Vance on Friday defended comments he made two days prior about his wife Usha and their relationship dynamic as it relates to religion during a Turning Point USA college stop at the University of Mississippi.
Vance told college students on Wednesday that deep down, he hopes the second lady is “somehow moved by the church” and will convert to Christianity “because I believe in the Christian gospel.”
One user on X later commented, “It’s weird to throw your wife’s religion under the bus, in public, for a moment’s acceptance by groypers.”
The Vice President quickly fired back in reply to the since-deleted comment, defending his decision and his remarks in a lengthy follow-up post.
“My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago. She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage–or any interfaith relationship–I hope she may one day see things as I do,” Vance wrote in a Friday statement on X.
“Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she’s my wife,” he added.
Usha is Hindu and has three kids with the vice president. Their two oldest children are currently enrolled at a Christian school.
The family attends church on Sundays but observes both religions. Turning Point USA is known for promoting Christian ideals and a nuclear family structure, which Vance says he supports.
“Yes, Christians have beliefs. And yes, those beliefs have many consequences, one of which is that we want to share them with other people,” he wrote in the Friday post.
“That is a completely normal thing, and anyone who’s telling you otherwise has an agenda,” he added.
