‘JD Vance’s wife isn’t Muslim’: Laura Loomer responds to Mehdi Hasan over Zohran Mamdani 9/11 remarks

War Of Words Between MAGA Activist, Journalist Over JD Vance Criticism

Far-right activist Laura Loomer and journalist Mehdi Hasan are engaged in a war of words over US Vice President JD Vance's comments about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

The feud began when Hasan criticised Vance for mocking Mamdani's emotional account of post-9/11 discrimination against Muslims. "Imagine being married to a Brown woman and having mixed-race kids and then publicly mocking other Brown people as they talk publicly and emotionally about their experience of racism," Hasan wrote on X. JD Vance is married to Indian-origin Usha Vance, an accomplished attorney and practicing Hindu.

Imagine being married to a Brown woman and having mixed-race kids and then publicly mocking other Brown people as they talk publicly and emotionally about their experience of racism. Vance is just a bad person. https://t.co/UQoKGkn3h4

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 25, 2025

Loomer responded, targeting Hasan’s defence of Mamdani. “JD Vance’s wife isn’t a Muslim. 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? Usha Vance is an accomplished Hindu American. Our problem isn’t with brown people. It’s with Islam," she wrote on X.

.@JDVance’s wife isn’t a Muslim. 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? https://t.co/s2kOye92QB — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 25, 2025

This follows previous comments by Loomer telling Hasan to go back to the “Islamic country" he comes from. "You are a Muslim immigrant. You can go back to the UK and the Islamic countries your parents were born in at any time you want."

Hasan, who was born in the UK to Indian-origin parents, corrected her, "India is where my parents were born and it is not an 'Islamic country'. You have the knowledge, intellect, and IQ of a very small (and angry) child."

India is where my parents were born and it is not an ‘Islamic country’. You have the knowledge, intellect, and IQ of a very small (and angry) child. https://t.co/kFoCF6zJFg

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 29, 2025

The controversy stems from Mamdani’s remarks outside a Bronx mosque, where he spoke about the challenges faced by Muslim New Yorkers after the September 11 attacks. "I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab," Mamdani said.

He also recalled being advised to keep his faith private when entering politics: "These are lessons that so many Muslim New Yorkers have been taught. And over these last few days, these lessons have become the closing messages of Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, and Eric Adams."

Vance later mocked Mamdani on X, saying, "According to Zohran, the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks."

Mamdani, a 34-year-old Queens Assemblyman and Democratic Socialist candidate, pledged to openly embrace his Muslim faith despite facing criticism. "I will not change who I am, how I eat, for the faith that I'm proud to call my own. But there is one thing that I will change. I will no longer look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light."