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Lauren Aratani

JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity

Man in suit sits next to woman in red pantsuit holding hands and sitting on white metal chairs.
JD Vance and Usha Vance at ceremony posthumously awarding the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, at the White House in Washington DC on 14 October. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

JD Vance is doubling down on comments he made about wanting his wife, Usha Vance, to convert to Christianity – remarks that drew political backlash from some quarters.

At an event with Turning Point USA at the University of Mississippi to honor the conservative group’s slain founder Charlie Kirk, an audience member questioned the US vice-president about how he sees the links between American patriotism and Christianity.

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