Usha Vance's defense of husband triggers immediate firestorm: 'He's just the nicest guy!'
Second Lady Usha Vance triggered a flood of mockery Saturday after she told Fox Viewers there is a litany of misconceptions about her husband, who has repeatedly found himself on the wrong side of ridicule and memes.
Vice President JD Vance has faced backlash from social media commenters in recent years after agreeing to become Trump's running mate, particularly over Trump's awkward 2028 snub, a joke that didn’t land at a firefighters' event, and a widely mocked WWII history mistake.
This week, however, it was his wife who found herself buried by online critics.
"What do you want America to know about your husband," Usha Vance was asked on "Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany."
"I know it's been asked in reverse, but what's something we don't know that you want America to know?" asked McEnany.
The second lady cracked a wide grin as she prepped her answer.
"It's hard because he's written a book, he's given a lot of speeches," she began. "Um, there's so many misconceptions about him. He is just the nicest funniest guy. He makes everything an adventure. He's really just a wonderful person to be around. Our family has so much more joy because he is a part of it. I wish that people saw more of that."
But his past remarks, including a racist lie that Haitian immigrants were eating peoples' pets, didn't go unnoticed on the internet.
Podcaster and "Jeopardy!" champion Hemant Mehta shot back on X, "Remember when Vance spread false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets, leading to the harassment of an entire innocent community for months on end? Hahaha hilarious."
Cody Johnston, host of the Some More News podcast, wrote on X, "Hilarious answer. "Contrary to popular belief, my husband is not, in fact, a boring piece of [expletive].'"
Conservative attorney George Conway, who is running for Congress as a Democrat, wrote on X, "
Lawyer Adam Cohen wrote on X, "Oh, yeah. That bit about Haitians eating people’s pets was friggin hilarious."
The progressive commentator account evan loves worf wrote on X, "She knows everyone hates his guts lmao."
Journalist John Harwood wrote on X, "actually he's a bad person."