Congressman Brandon Gill is known for his statements against Muslims and H-1B visa holders. Every time Gill slams the Indian people living in the US, the Internet reminds him that he married an Indian-American, Danielle D’Souza Gill, the daughter of MAGA commentator Dinesh D’Souza. This time, Indian-origin Rep Shri Thandar reminded Gill of this as Gill shared a quote that he said recently. “Calling us racist doesn’t work anymore. The left has one debate tactic: call you a racist and pray you shut up. I never will,” Gill said.Thanedar replied to Gill’s quote and added that nobody is calling Brandon Gill a racist to shut him up. People call him racist because he called Indian Americans as “7-Eleven workers”. Thanedar said. “But the fact that you married an Indian American shows that you’re just a grifter pandering to a racist base. How pathetic it must be to be that cheap,” Thanedar said and shared the screenshot of the social media post where Gill mentioned the ‘7-11 thing’7-Eleven is an American convenience store chain headquartered in Irving, Texas. A few months ago, Gill said it is idiotic that America is hiring 7-Eleven workers from India or from some other countries — because these are not specialty occupations or skilled positions. His video was, in fact, a reaction to a YouTuber’s video who showed an Indian person working in a 7-11 store in Texas.
Reactions to Thanedar picking a fight with Gill
“He’s not calling Indians 7-11 workers. He’s calling 7-11 workers 7-11 workers. We have literally given H1-B visas to 7-11 workers. That is what he is referring to. Obviously,” one user wrote. Many X users commented that Thanedar did not understand Brandon’s English and made a mistake, as Brandon did not call Indian-Americans 7-11 workers but he called out that 7-11 was hiring Indians and not Americans.
