Elon Musk's mother uses three words to describe Usha Vance amid racist attacks
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Jan 27, 2025, 10.27 AM IST
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's mother Maye Musk reacted to a social media post that questioned why Vice President JD Vance's wife, second lady Usha Vance was not being celebrated while she became the first Indian-American and the first Hindu to serve as the second lady of the United States. "Usha is even lovelier in person, smart and charming," Maye Musk said.
Usha Vance faced racist attacks on social media mostly from the MAGA inner circle because she is not a Christian though she is married to Christian JD Vance.
"Usha Vance just became the first Asian American and Hindu American to serve as Second Lady of the United States in American history. The lack of celebration from those who typically champion diversity reflects the sentiments of the movement as not “advancing people of color,” but “advancing people of color who share my views.” This is not “anti-racism,” but conditional racism. It is to be insincere about diversity as an objective, reducing it to a Trojan horse for political partisanship. Congratulations to the Second Lady," one wrote.
Usha and JD Vance have three children and one of them has an Indian name, Vivek. The other are Ewan and Mirabel.
This is not the first time that Usha Vance faced attacks for her faith and Indian roots. When JD Vance was picked by Donald Trump as his vice presidential candidate, the Hindu faith of his wife came under scrutiny. JD Vance too at that time reacted to the attacks and said, "Look, my attitude to these people attacking my wife is, she’s beautiful, she’s smart." “What kind of man marries Usha? A very smart man and a very lucky man, importantly,” JD Vance said.
“And my view is, look, if these guys want to attack me or attack my views, my policy views, my personality, come after me. But don’t attack my wife. She’s out of your league,” JD Vance at that time said.
Usha Vance faced racist attacks on social media mostly from the MAGA inner circle because she is not a Christian though she is married to Christian JD Vance.
"Usha Vance just became the first Asian American and Hindu American to serve as Second Lady of the United States in American history. The lack of celebration from those who typically champion diversity reflects the sentiments of the movement as not “advancing people of color,” but “advancing people of color who share my views.” This is not “anti-racism,” but conditional racism. It is to be insincere about diversity as an objective, reducing it to a Trojan horse for political partisanship. Congratulations to the Second Lady," one wrote.
Usha and JD Vance have three children and one of them has an Indian name, Vivek. The other are Ewan and Mirabel.
This is not the first time that Usha Vance faced attacks for her faith and Indian roots. When JD Vance was picked by Donald Trump as his vice presidential candidate, the Hindu faith of his wife came under scrutiny. JD Vance too at that time reacted to the attacks and said, "Look, my attitude to these people attacking my wife is, she’s beautiful, she’s smart." “What kind of man marries Usha? A very smart man and a very lucky man, importantly,” JD Vance said.
“And my view is, look, if these guys want to attack me or attack my views, my policy views, my personality, come after me. But don’t attack my wife. She’s out of your league,” JD Vance at that time said.