Far-right firebrand Laura Loomer just dropped a bombshell in her spat with journalist Mehdi Hasan, defending VP JD Vance by shouting, “JD Vance’s wife isn’t a Muslim!” It all kicked off after Vance mocked NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani’s emotional story of post-9/11 Muslim discrimination.
The drama traces back to Mamdani’s speech outside a Bronx mosque, sharing his aunt’s fear of wearing a hijab on the subway after 9/11. Vance fired back, calling her the ‘real victim’ of the attacks, prompting Hasan’s X rant accusing Vance of hypocrisy given his marriage to Indian-Hindu Usha Vance.
“If she was , he never would have been Vice President because MAGA isn’t going to ever support a Muslim being in the White House. Do you think Hindus and Muslims are the same?” — Laura Loomer
Hasan, born in the UK to Indian parents, clapped back at Loomer’s earlier ‘go back to your Islamic country’ jab, correcting her that India isn’t Islamic and slamming her intellect as that of an ‘angry child.’
This blowup highlights the raw tensions in US politics—where faith and race collide in the MAGA world. Is it fair to separate ‘good’ brown from ‘bad’ based on religion?