Washington D.C. (GNB): The Indian flag was spotted waving at the US Capitol building. The flag was waving alongside ‘Trump 2020’ campaign flags during the violence by supporters of US President Donald Trump on January 6, with the intention of overturning the presidential election result.
Indian social media is getting space into a state of frenzy.
The person waved the Indian flag in Capitol, identified as Vincent Xavier or Vinson Palathingal, a blind supporter of President Trump.
Several Indians have commented on Xavier Facebook and Twitter posts saying that his participation was an “embarrassment for the Indian-American community” and “shameful behavior”.
“Why is there an Indian flag there??? This is one fight we definitely don’t need to participate in…”, Varun Gandi, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), twitted.
Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi also criticised the presence of the Indian flag and wrote, “Don’t use our tricolour to participate in such violent & criminal acts in another country.”
Vincent Xavier, the person who waved the Indian flag in US Capitol, told the Indian news channel that the aim of the pro-Trump protest was to “‘stop the steal” and to ensure that the US has a “legal President, one who has been elected in the right manner.”
“I regret the violence but I don’t regret me being there. It was not a riot, it was a peaceful protest, Vincent Xavier said to News18 channel.
“We cannot condone election fraud, anywhere… From the outside, American democracy might appear to be a strong, but here to vote, you do not require a voter ID card, there is no signature verification, you don’t have to be present in person,” Xavier claimed.
While Xavier admitted to being present at ground zero, he claimed that he did not scale the wall and enter the Capitol building. “Yesterday, one million people gathered there (Capitol Hill). Out of these, about 10-15 daring people, scaled the walls like ‘Spider Man’ and created violence. They appeared to be trained, professional thugs… They were either from our side or from the other side who tried to infiltrate our side. Eventually, the violence created by about 50 people destroyed the purpose of our rally,” Xavier claimed, Indian media reported.
Xavier shared some images and twitted- “American patriots – Vietnamese, Indian, Korean & Iranian origins, & from so many other nations & races, who believe massive voter fraud has happened joined rally yesterday in solidarity with Trump. Peaceful protestors who were exercising our rights!”
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