J.D. Vance brushed off Laura Loomerā€™s racist comments, despite being married to an Indian American woman.

J.D. Vance would apparently rather protect Donald Trumpā€™s decision to pal around with self-described ā€œproud Islamophobeā€ and 9/11 conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer than stand up for his own wife.

Trump has been seen withĀ Loomer several times over the last couple of weeks, with the pair getting eyebrow-raisingly close (Trumpā€™s hand has been spotted in the small of Loomerā€™s back) while Melania Trump has largely remained out of the limelight. Loomer attended a 9/11 memorial service with Trump and also accompanied him to the presidential debate.

In an interview Sunday with NBC News, Vance was asked directly about his and his wife Usha Vanceā€™s opinions on some of Loomerā€™s overt racism, including her claim that Vice President Kamala Harrisā€™s ascendency to the Oval Office would make the White House ā€œsmell like curry.ā€ But Vance wouldnā€™t take a stand against the alt-right ally.

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ā€œDo I agree with what Laura Loomer said about Kamala Harris? No, I donā€™t,ā€ Vance continued. ā€œI also donā€™t think that this is actually an issue of national import. Is Laura Loomer running for president? No. Kamala Harris is running for president, and whether youā€™re eating curry at your dinner table or fried chicken, things have gotten more expensive thanks to her policies.ā€


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Fried chicken is associated with black people in the US?

Are you shitting me?

Over here in Europe itā€™s considered redneck-food lol

Also thanks for explaining and not downvoting like the other toxic fucks here. Lemmy really is becoming reddit 2.0, huh?

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Yeah there are a few others like watermelon and soul food.

Same energy as beans with Mexicans.

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Associating Soul food with (southern) African Americans doesnā€™t feel racist to me. Am I in danger of accidentally offending someone?

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I would say depends on context. I heard some edgy comments in 90s.

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It doesnā€™t make very much sense if youā€™re not a racist, and yetā€¦

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