2 Indian Americans teens dislike Trump’s values.
AB Wire
Two Indian American teenagers, who earlier supported Donald Trump, have started ‘Hindus for Hillary’ to fundraise for Hillary Clinton and boost her campaign through social media.
Saket Singh, who was earlier a strong supporter of Trump, now believes Clinton is his choice to be the next president of the US.
“This is my final decision. No more changes,” Singh, 18, said told PTI in an interview outside a Clinton rally where he along with his younger sister, Sneha Singh, 10, and another friend Parth Patel were campaigning in support of the former Secretary of State.
“Now that Bernie Sanders is out, she would get the support of the youths,” said Saket, who is headed to India in a few days. “I was initially a Donald Trump supporter. I went to one of his rallies those are not the values, I believe in,”
Saket Singh moved to the United States as a one-year-old along with his parents who are IT professionals.
A few weeks ago, Saket and Patel, a high school student, along with some other Indian American friends came together to lead the youth group of ‘Hindus for Hillary’ through which they said they plan to launch a nationwide campaign among Indian Americans to come out and vote in support of Clinton in the November general elections.
The ‘Hindus for Hillary’ forum has 40 members, reported The Hindu.
“I was also a Donald Trump supporter, but Hillary changed my mind,” said Patel, whose father is a software developer and mother a dermatologist. “Donald Trump is more of an extremist and Hillary sides with my social views and social issues,” he told PTI.
A recent survey revealed Indian Americans overwhelmingly support for Clinton as against that of Trump.
“I cannot support Trump’s Muslim ban proposal and his opposition to gun regulation,” Patel was quoted as saying by The Hindu.
Clinton had unveiled a new slogan in the last week of May—‘stronger together’. Her speech now focuses on an “economy that works for all”, which was the cornerstone of the Sanders campaign.