Jay Bhattacharya, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard. All Indian Americans, all appointed by Trump. There may be racists against this group on the fringes of the self-identifting MAGA movement, but they don't appear to be in the core of it. And what people are saying on Twitter isn't a very objective measure of public sentiment.
Jay Bhattacharya, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard. All Indian Americans, all appointed by Trump. There may be racists against this group on the fringes of the self-identifting MAGA movement, but they don't appear to be in the core of it. And what people are saying on Twitter isn't a very objective measure of public sentiment.
My mistake, a quick search reveals that she and her father were born in American Samoa, which is certainly closer to Hawaii than India. Her mother was born in the States, in Indiana. What threw me is that she is openly religiously Hindu. In any case, she is certainly not racially white nor born in the continental US, counter to the narrative presented that MAGA is opposing H1B visas purely out of racial and ethnic animus.
Jay Bhattacharya, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard. All Indian Americans, all appointed by Trump. There may be racists against this group on the fringes of the self-identifting MAGA movement, but they don't appear to be in the core of it. And what people are saying on Twitter isn't a very objective measure of public sentiment.
Tulsi is not Indian. She is HIndu. There is a difference.
Thank you. Please see my note below where I corrected this: https://www.thefp.com/p/a-big-year-for-big-lies-plus/comment/83861415
I am thinking Tulsi has some Hawaiian genealogy but I may be wrong.
My mistake, a quick search reveals that she and her father were born in American Samoa, which is certainly closer to Hawaii than India. Her mother was born in the States, in Indiana. What threw me is that she is openly religiously Hindu. In any case, she is certainly not racially white nor born in the continental US, counter to the narrative presented that MAGA is opposing H1B visas purely out of racial and ethnic animus.