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Usha, the Christian First Lady of India; and why is Zohran Mamdani Muslim?

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U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance’s hope that his wife Usha would one day become a Christian triggered a range of reactions, mostly critical. Mr. Vance is being attacked by Christian nationalists for having a Hindu wife, by Hindu activists for questioning his wife’s Hindu faith, and by progressives for mixing religion with politics.