Overview
- Speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, the vice president said he hopes Usha Vance will be “moved” by church and come to share his Christian faith.
- He said most Sundays his wife attends church with him and reiterated that their children are being raised Christian, attend a Christian school, and that their eight-year-old completed First Communion last year.
- Vance emphasized that if his wife does not convert it is not a problem for him, citing free will as a core Christian principle.
- He also argued that Christian values are foundational to the United States and criticized legal interpretations that have limited religious expression in public spaces.
- The comments prompted criticism online and renewed attention to Usha Vance’s earlier statement on Meghan McCain’s podcast that she is not intending to convert and that their children have access to both traditions.