NBC faced strong backlash Friday over a story that appeared to compare mass deportations to Usha Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.
“At her first Republican National Convention, Usha Chirukuri Vance proudly spoke about her Indian immigrant parents. Across the venue, a sign read: ‘Mass Deportations Now.'” The media wrote about X:
The tweet linked to an article saying her billboard-front speech at the Republican National Convention had sparked “criticism of hypocrisy,” and quoted experts who argued her speech reaffirmed the Republican Party’s “good immigrant, bad immigrant” narrative.
Article from NBCNews.com Sakshi Venkatraman alleged that there was “strong anti-immigrant sentiment” among the audience at the convention.
Strong family values and the American Dream are key to the story of J.D. Vance and what he will do for our country.
NBC was slammed for a story in The X that tried to compare Usha Vance’s upbringing to calls for mass deportations at the Republican National Convention. (NBC/Screenshot/Drew Ungerer/Getty Images)
Pawan Dhingra, a professor of American studies at Amherst College, told NBC that Vance’s wife, who is Indian American, would support the argument that the Republican Party is not anti-immigrant.
“They just want to make sure that immigrants come and ‘adapt’ properly to the country and don’t threaten a particular way of life,” he said.
Usha grew up in San Diego, the daughter of parents who are legal immigrants from India.
“I’m glad her parents are here legally. Not enough hate for the media,” one X user wrote.
“You don’t get the point of the call for deportation, which we already knew,” another user chimed in. “Shameful. You’re deliberately misleading your remaining audience. Shame on you.”
An X-account user named Katie, who claims to be the daughter of immigrants, He called the NBCNews.com headline “absurd.” He accused the media of deliberately confusing people entering the United States legally with those crossing the border illegally.
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Usha Chirukuri Vance, wife of vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on July 17, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)
John Bachman The Newsmax anchor called the story “clickbait” and claimed that “no one” is talking about deporting legal immigrants.
Usha spoke about her upbringing during her speech at the Republican National Convention.
“My background is very different from JD’s. I grew up in a middle-class community in San Diego with loving parents and an amazing older sister who were immigrants from India,” she said. “That JD and I were able to meet, much less fall in love and get married, is a testament to this great country.”
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Usha said her husband tried to accommodate her vegetarian diet and also learned to cook Indian food for her parents.
“It’s hard to imagine a more powerful example of the American Dream,” she said.
