Usha Chilukuri’s Speech on Immigration Termed Hypocritical

HI INDIA NEWS DESK

At the Republican National convention on Wednesday, Usha Chilukuri, the wife of newly announced VP candidate JD Vance’s wife, made her stage debut. Chilukuri Vance spoke with great pride about her Indian immigrant parents. However, Vances’ speech was soon criticized because of the general mood of the convention, where people held signs of mass deportation.

There were also regular chants of “Send them back” from the audience which were heard multiple times when her husband JD Vance, spoke about “illegal aliens” entering the country. Social media was abuzz pointing out this stark contrast between her speech and people holding deportation signs.

But touching upon her Indian upbringing Chilukuri said, “My background is very different from JD’s. I grew up in San Diego, in a middle-class community, with two loving parents, both immigrants from India, and a wonderful sister. That JD and I could meet at all, let alone fall in love and marry, is a testament to this great country.”

She also spoke about how her husband adapted to her vegetarian diet, and even learned how to cook Indian food for her parents. “It’s hard to imagine a more powerful example of the American Dream,” she said.