Ohio Senator , the GOP's vice-presidential candidate, was asked about racist attacks on his wife, including those made by Nick Fuentes who shares ties with former President on Sunday. Fuentes, a far-right commentator who gained notoriety after attending the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a "white nationalist livestreamer." He has made repeated antisemitic and racist remarks, and has been banned from several social media platforms.
Most recently, Fuentes attacked Trump's presidential campaign, criticizing the selection of Vance as the former president's running mate because Vance's wife, Usha Vance, is of Indian heritage. Fuentes claimed that the senator would not be a "defender of white identity." During an interview with News' Jonathan Karl on that aired Sunday morning, Karl questioned Vance about Fuentes' remarks and his connections to Trump.
Karl cited a recent livestream where Fuentes said, "What kind of man marries somebody named Usha? Clearly, he doesn't value his racial identity," which Karl condemned as "racist garbage." Vance agreed, responding, "Yes, it is." Karl then asked, "But this is also a guy that dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago during this campaign.
" In 2022, Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The former president , saying at the time that he "knew nothing about" Fuentes before the dinner. Vance deferred and said, "Donald Trump doesn't know anything.