The crushing defeat of the Republican candidates in three elections in New Jersey, New York and Virginia forced MAGA commentators to go on an introspection drive and they blame the anti-India rhetoric of MAGA behind the defeat concluding that Indian-Americans or South Asians have moved away from the GOP. Indian-Americans who voted for Trump in 2024 voted for the Dem candidate in Virginia, experts claimed, attributing it to the India hatred of MAGA influencers like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens. “Trump wins because his America First includes conservative blacks, Jews, Latinos and immigrants who love America and want to assimilate. Trump’s formula is being DERAILED by Tucker, Candace and Fuentes who don’t like Trump and have a new formula for us to lose every election,” Indian-origin MAGA analyst Dinesh D’Souza said.“A very loud group on the Right said, “Indians go home,” and so many of them did—to the Democratic Party,” he noted. “What did Republicans do to deserve this Indian betrayal,” another wrote. “You can often be skeptical about whether online controversies affect voters. But the anti-Indian hate is so out of control and over the top that I think people were bound to notice,” commentator Richard Hanania wrote. “Amazing what happens you call Indians names for 9 months straight,” another wrote. “Seems Indians got the message very loud and clear these last 12 months. They will never be accepted by white nationalists no matter how conservative they are,” another commented. “Vance wanted to convert his wife to Christianity but ended up converting his voters to liberalism,” one wrote referring to the recent controversy over Usha Vance’s Hindu religion. While the Donald Trump administration took several measures to target immigrants in its America First policy, social media had been an unkind place for Indian-Americans in the last few months. Several prominent Republicans spread anti-Indian, anti-Hinu messages, calling for deporation of legal immigrants, demanding an end to the H-1B visa program.
