JD Vance Bashes Nick Fuentes Over Racist Attacks on His Wife

The drama in conservative circles just cranked up a notch, and Vice President JD Vance is done playing nice.

In a candid interview with UnHerd published yesterday, right in the thick of all the post-AmericaFest fallout, Vance finally went off on far-right agitator Nick Fuentes, who's spent months hurling vile racist abuse at Vance's wife, Usha (who's Indian-American). Fuentes has called her slurs like "jeet" and branded JD a "race traitor" over their interracial marriage.

Vance's response? Direct and unfiltered: "Let me be clear. Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat s**t. That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States."

He didn’t stop there. Vance called out "antisemitism and all forms of ethnic hatred" as having "no place in the conservative movement," labeling racism flat-out "disgusting," no matter who it's directed at.

That said, he pushed back hard on the idea that Fuentes has any real power in Trumpworld, saying his influence is "vastly overstated" and that some critics hype him up just to shut down legitimate debates (hello, subtle nod to the Israel policy fights brewing on the right).

He even stuck up for his friend Tucker Carlson amid the nonstop backlash over that October Fuentes interview, calling suggestions that Tucker should be exiled from conservatism "frankly absurd."

This drops the same weekend StopAntisemitism named Tucker "Antisemite of the Year" largely because of that very interview and as MAGA’s internal battles over immigration, identity, and foreign policy keep boiling over.

Vance’s bigger message is this: Stop the purity tests, focus on unity, and keep eyes on the real fights, like what he sees as elite-driven anti-white discrimination.

Safe to say, the Groypers aren’t happy, the never-Trump holdouts think it’s too soft, and everyone else is just enjoying the show.