There are a number of Hindus who seem to be confused about the US elections, and the impact they will have on India and Hindu Americans.
First – @JoeBiden won. The only thing pending are the usual Electoral College formalities. Talk of voter fraud and illegal ballots 1/n
First – @JoeBiden won. The only thing pending are the usual Electoral College formalities. Talk of voter fraud and illegal ballots 1/n
https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1325619155744280577
won't change the overall status. Even former Republican president #43, George Bush, has congratulated Biden-Harris.
Trump is only the 10th president in US history not to be re-elected, for two reasons: his handling of covid (primary), and his personality (secondary). It is 2/n
Trump is only the 10th president in US history not to be re-elected, for two reasons: his handling of covid (primary), and his personality (secondary). It is 2/n
clear he would've won had it not been for covid, even with his personality, b/c his administration achieved a lot more than the media is giving him credit for: economy, overhauling taxes, deregulation, criminal justice reform, fighting terrorism, historic peace deals, etc. 3/n
For India, Trump was awesome. He supported India against China, cut military aid to Pakistan, issued executive orders calling Milli Muslim League, Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir, Hizbul-Mujahideen, Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Plus 4/n
Trump approved the sale of 24 SeaHawk helicopters from Lockheed Martin equipped with Hellfire missiles worth $2.6 billion, and with plans for six Apache helicopters. Trump also looked the other way when India bought S-400 missiles from Russia. But covid 5/n
brought Trump down, based on many surveys. All other issues paled in comparison. When you lose your job, your unemployment benefits are cut, a loved one is sick or dies from covid, and you're tired of him mocking masks, Biden found an opening. Yes, more Indian Americans 6/n
voted for Republicans this time than ever, almost double, but majority of Indian Americans still voted Democratic. Biden's lack of a Hindu American agenda, combined with Biden's verbiage about CAA and Kashmir in his Muslim agenda, didn't get factored in by most 7/n
Hindu Americans that voted, or by most Americans in general, b/c of covid. But those agendas aren't set in stone. They can be modified by Hindu/Indian American influence. Our community raised $1.3+ million for Biden, with a similar amount raised by the larger Muslim American 8/n
community. But they wield more influence – why? Because the Muslim American community took 9/11 as a wake-up call to change US perceptions about their community. So they've been at it for 20 years. If Hindu Americans want the same level of influence, we need to work for it. 9/n
So I'm glad to see our community wake-up, especially after the rise of anti-Hindu hate groups and anti-India rhetoric, that is obviously biased and not factual. By consolidating our influence and dollars, by building alliances with other. 10/n
key ethnic groups, and stop criticizing each other in public, I am very hopeful we can positively influence the Democratic Biden administration. 11/n
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