Vice President JD Vance on Thursday branded MSNBC host Jen Psaki\u2019s podcast remarks about his wife Usha as \u201cdisgraceful,\u201d the latest flare-up in a long-running debate over how Democrats wield identity politics\u2014proclaiming feminism and racial allyship while, critics say, demeaning conservative women and Black Americans who reject progressive orthodoxy.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters on an official visit to Israel, Vance called himself \u201cvery lucky to have a wonderful wife\u201d and said Usha, who joined him on the trip, \u201ccan speak for herself.\u201d The couple\u2019s three children\u2014Ewan, 8; Vivek, 5; and Mirabel, 3\u2014remained stateside.<\/p>\n
Psaki, who served as Biden White House press secretary from 2021 to 2022 before joining MSNBC, made the comments Tuesday on the \u201cI\u2019ve Had It\u201d podcast. She labeled Vance a \u201clittle Manchurian candidate\u201d more ambitious than President Trump, then turned to Usha Vance, 39, a Yale Law graduate and former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts and then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always wonder what\u2019s going on in the mind of his wife,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cLike, are you OK? Please blink four times. We\u2019ll come over here. We\u2019ll save you.\u201d<\/p>\n
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