During the fundraiser, which was attended by 30 people on Zoom and first reported on by Pittsburgh City Paper, Patel spoke of plans to tap into Republican support for her campaign, attract national spending, and eventually take down the progressive Democratic incumbents.
In response to questions from The Intercept about the fundraiser’s hosts, Patel campaign manager Andrew DeCarlo said it was racially insensitive to attack Hindu nationalist groups and their supporters.
Prominent members of the Hindu right in the U.S. have organized and fundraised for Democratic politicians in recent years, including Krishnamoorthi, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Texas congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni, and Maryland Lt. Gov.
The Patel fundraiser was hosted by several political action committees — including Americans4Hindus, founded in response to what it identifies as anti-Hindu sentiment among progressive Democrats — and people linked to the Hindu nationalist movement and involved in organizing efforts to support India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party.
Julie Paris, Mid-Atlantic regional director for StandWithUs, a pro-Israel group that has worked to silence criticism on college campuses of Israel’s human rights abuses, was a co-host and had a speaking slot.
One drew a parallel between the October 7 attack and the conflict in Kashmir in 1990, a hotly debated period in the history of the disputed province that has led to three wars between India and Pakistan.
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During the fundraiser, which was attended by 30 people on Zoom and first reported on by Pittsburgh City Paper, Patel spoke of plans to tap into Republican support for her campaign, attract national spending, and eventually take down the progressive Democratic incumbents.
In response to questions from The Intercept about the fundraiser’s hosts, Patel campaign manager Andrew DeCarlo said it was racially insensitive to attack Hindu nationalist groups and their supporters.
Prominent members of the Hindu right in the U.S. have organized and fundraised for Democratic politicians in recent years, including Krishnamoorthi, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Texas congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni, and Maryland Lt. Gov.
The Patel fundraiser was hosted by several political action committees — including Americans4Hindus, founded in response to what it identifies as anti-Hindu sentiment among progressive Democrats — and people linked to the Hindu nationalist movement and involved in organizing efforts to support India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party.
Julie Paris, Mid-Atlantic regional director for StandWithUs, a pro-Israel group that has worked to silence criticism on college campuses of Israel’s human rights abuses, was a co-host and had a speaking slot.
One drew a parallel between the October 7 attack and the conflict in Kashmir in 1990, a hotly debated period in the history of the disputed province that has led to three wars between India and Pakistan.
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