In announcing his bid for the presidency, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that he was tired of "all this talk about hyphenated Americans" and that he was "tanned, rested, and ready for this fight."
South Asian Americans have taken Jindal to task for being out of touch with the South Asian American community, and Desi Twitter erupted in response to his remarks, punctuated by comedian Hari Kondabolu's #BobbyJindalIsSoWhite and comedian Aasif Mandvi's #Jindian hashtags, critiquing what's seen by some as an attempt by Jindal to distance himself from his Indian-American heritage.
So aside from a failed attempt to "make the left more upset" by borrowing a t-shirt phrase from the 1988 Young Republicans about Nixon, Jindal is apparently making everyone wonder whether this run for President is about becoming Jeb!'s running mate or simply a way to set the stage for his term-limited(sic) life after politics on Fox News.
xThe liberal media said, "There's not much Indian left in Bobby Jindal,” so we made shirts to mock them. Get one here: http://t.co/HJ3Fnyt0Mx
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) June 30, 2015x
Hey @BobbyJindal, look familiar? pic.twitter.com/O0gAVkd7lZ
— Nixon Foundation (@nixonfoundation) June 29, 2015x
U might be a #Jindian if u r the son of immigrants who is anti-immigrant. #bobbyjindalissowhite@harikondabolu@ShaifaliP
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 24, 2015