Krishnamoorthi Condemns Trump for Reports He Mocked Indian PM

Yesterday, WaPo reported that senior administration officials told them that Donald Trump has been known to “affect an Indian accent” to imitate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) issued a statement saying that he “was appalled to read that President Trump reportedly affected an Indian accent to imitate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the wake of the President’s recent comments disparaging entire regions of the world while we still face such division at home, behavior that belittles our allies and ‘otherizes’ entire communities of Americans is one of the last things we need. Americans are not defined by their accents, but by their commitment to this nation’s values and ideals.” Read more here.