{"id":2075,"date":"2026-01-24T06:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:19:55","slug":"invasion-in-texas-texas-attorney-general-candidate-aaron-reitz-under-fire-over-anti-india-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Invasion in Texas\u2019: Texas Attorney General candidate Aaron Reitz under fire over anti-India comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Aaron Reitz, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general, is facing sharp criticism after posting comments on X that were widely condemned as racist and inflammatory toward Indians and South Asians.\u00a0<\/p> <p>In a post that quickly went viral, Reitz claimed Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that \u201cCollin, Dallas, and Harris Counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi, and Hyderabad Counties,\u201d\u00a0which he described as the result of an \u201cinvasion of un-assimilated and un-assimilable Indians.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <div class=\"embedcode\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Collin, Dallas, &amp; Harris Counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi, &amp; Hyderabad Counties given how bad the invasion of un-assimilated &amp; un-assimilable Indians has become.<\/p> <p>Globalist corporations move to Texas to exploit our favorable economic climate.<\/p> <p>Having contempt for\u2026<\/p> <p>\u2014 Aaron Reitz (@aaron_reitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaron_reitz\/status\/2013342449251557817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <\/div> <p>Reitz also targeted global corporations\u00a0operating\u00a0in Texas, accusing them of exploiting the state\u2019s business-friendly policies while supporting H-1B visas. He alleged that companies showed \u201ccontempt for native-born American workers\u201d and\u00a0facilitated\u00a0what he called an \u201cH-1B scam for cheap\u00a0labor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cAs AG,\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0partner with the Trump Admin to re-open the books on all their \u2018legal\u2019 paperwork,\u201d Reitz wrote. \u201cDeport most. Assimilate the rest. At the same time,\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0go after the\u00a0gutless, treasonous corporations who have no loyalty to our state\u2026 This is Texas, USA\u2014not India or Pakistan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>The remarks prompted swift pushback on social media. X user Sidharth (@Cloudwatch199) fact-checked Reitz\u2019s statements, pointing out that one of his largest campaign donors is Anosh Ahmed, a\u00a0Pakistani-American\u00a0doctor. According to Sidharth, Ahmed has been federally indicted in a COVID-19 testing fraud case.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Sidharth further accused Reitz of hypocrisy, writing that while the candidate claims to oppose turning Texas into Indian cities, he has accepted support from figures allegedly linked to Islamist groups. He condemned Reitz for using Indian cities as \u201cracist slurs,\u201d calling the rhetoric \u201cdisgusting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>Campaign finance records from Transparency USA show that Reitz accepted a USD 100,000 donation from Ahmed, making him one of the campaign\u2019s top contributors.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Legal experts also weighed in on the controversy. Houston-based immigration attorney Steven Brown noted that Indian nationals make up less than 2% of Texas\u2019 population, calling Reitz\u2019s language \u201cdog whistle rhetoric\u201d that exaggerates immigration realities.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The controversy adds to growing scrutiny of rhetoric around immigration and foreign workers in US\u00a0elections, particularly as candidates increasingly target visa programs and multinational corporations in their campaigns.\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>Intro: In a post that quickly went viral, Reitz claimed Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that \u201cCollin, Dallas, and Harris Counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi, and Hyderabad Counties.\u201d<\/i><\/p> <p>Aaron Reitz, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general, is facing sharp criticism after posting comments on X that were widely condemned as racist and inflammatory toward Indians and South Asians.\u00a0<\/p> <p>In a post that quickly went viral, Reitz claimed Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that \u201cCollin, Dallas, and Harris Counties may soon be renamed Calcutta, Delhi, and Hyderabad Counties,\u201d\u00a0which he described as the result of an \u201cinvasion of un-assimilated and un-assimilable Indians.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>Reitz also targeted global corporations\u00a0operating\u00a0in Texas, accusing them of exploiting the state\u2019s business-friendly policies while supporting H-1B visas. He alleged that companies showed \u201ccontempt for native-born American workers\u201d and\u00a0facilitated\u00a0what he called an \u201cH-1B scam for cheap\u00a0labor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cAs AG,\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0partner with the Trump Admin to re-open the books on all their \u2018legal\u2019 paperwork,\u201d Reitz wrote. \u201cDeport most. Assimilate the rest. At the same time,\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0go after the\u00a0gutless, treasonous corporations who have no loyalty to our state\u2026 This is Texas, USA\u2014not India or Pakistan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>The remarks prompted swift pushback on social media. X user Sidharth (@Cloudwatch199) fact-checked Reitz\u2019s statements, pointing out that one of his largest campaign donors is Anosh Ahmed, a\u00a0Pakistani-American\u00a0doctor. According to Sidharth, Ahmed has been federally indicted in a COVID-19 testing fraud case.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Sidharth further accused Reitz of hypocrisy, writing that while the candidate claims to oppose turning Texas into Indian cities, he has accepted support from figures allegedly linked to Islamist groups. He condemned Reitz for using Indian cities as \u201cracist slurs,\u201d calling the rhetoric \u201cdisgusting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>Campaign finance records from Transparency USA show that Reitz accepted a USD 100,000 donation from Ahmed, making him one of the campaign\u2019s top contributors.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Legal experts also weighed in on the controversy. Houston-based immigration attorney Steven Brown noted that Indian nationals make up less than 2% of Texas\u2019 population, calling Reitz\u2019s language \u201cdog whistle rhetoric\u201d that exaggerates immigration realities.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The controversy adds to growing scrutiny of rhetoric around immigration and foreign workers in US\u00a0elections, particularly as candidates increasingly target visa programs and multinational corporations in their campaigns.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Aaron Reitz, Texas attorney general candidate, racist remarks, Indians, South Asians, immigration controversy, H-1B visa, Texas politics, campaign donations, Anosh Ahmed, COVID-19 fraud case, immigration debate USA#Invasion #Texas #Texas #Attorney #General #candidate #Aaron #Reitz #fire #antiIndia #comments1769206795<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Reitz, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general, is facing sharp criticism after posting comments on X that were widely condemned as racist and inflammatory toward Indians and South Asians.\u00a0 In a post that quickly went viral, Reitz claimed Texas risked becoming like India or Pakistan due to immigration, writing that \u201cCollin, Dallas, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5126,5110,5118,5129,5123,5117,5125,4078,5119,5128,5124,5115,5114,5120,479,5121,5112,5127,5113,5122,5111,5116],"class_list":["post-2075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-aaron","tag-aaron-reitz","tag-anosh-ahmed","tag-antiindia","tag-attorney","tag-campaign-donations","tag-candidate","tag-comments","tag-covid-19-fraud-case","tag-fire","tag-general","tag-h-1b-visa","tag-immigration-controversy","tag-immigration-debate-usa","tag-indians","tag-invasion","tag-racist-remarks","tag-reitz","tag-south-asians","tag-texas","tag-texas-attorney-general-candidate","tag-texas-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}