‘I don’t like those comments’: JD Vance, married to an Indian-American, distances himself from Laura Loomer’s racist slur

JD Vance, who is married to an Indian-American wife, has tried to distance himself from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and her racist slur about Kamala Harris.

Controversial Trump crony Loomer has faced backlash in recent weeks after she shared a post on X claiming that the White House “will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center” if Harris wins the election in November – an obviously racist reference to the vice president’s Indian heritage.

The conspiracy theorist later deleted the message, but has aggressively fought back against members of both parties who called it a racist remark.

It was a surprising remark in particular given that Trump’s own running mate JD Vance is married to an Indian-American, Usha Vance, who was featured onstage alongside her husband at the Republican convention in July.

Usha Vance has largely remained out of the political spotlight but has increasingly found herself in the public eye nontheless as her husband’s political star ascends and as many question her views on the statements her husband and his running mate have made about immigrants and women.

Vance, for the first time, responded specifically to Loomer’s remark in an interview Sunday with Meet the Press as he completed a multi-network tour to address the spiraling clamor over Trump’s comments about Haitian immigrants and his ties to Loomer.

“I don’t like those comments,” Vance told Welker, but added that he doesn’t “look at the internet for every single thing to get offended by”.

“What Laura said about Kamala Harris is not what we should be focused on. We should be focused on the policy and on the issues,” added Vance.

The Ohio senator then added: “I make a mean chicken