Tuesday’s Frisco City Council meeting turned heated over the H-1B issue and the “Indian takeover” of Texas, sparking a major social media debate. Many Frisco residents spoke of how blessed they were to live among Indian immigrants; some voices sounded extreme. MAGA influencer Kaylee Campbell took to social media to drum up support for the Frisco City Council meeting, slamming Pastor David Lessner for allegedly siding with Native Americans in a Facebook post. “I’m a white man who feels very safe and happy where I live. About 50% of our neighbors are of Indian (or similar) descent. If you don’t want to live in McKinney/Frisco because you feel uncomfortable with non-whites, I’m happy to eat your share of samosas and live in relative prosperity,” the pastor of Arlington United Methodist Church wrote. Later this post could not be found. Lesner called it blatantly racist, writing that if Frisco and McKinney were what “Indian Takeover” looked like, then “sign me up.” “For those who think immigration is a ‘liberal’ issue, Frisco and McKinney are two cities that conservatives can rely on with little to no campaigning,” Leisner said. The meeting became a focus for online commentators because a group of Weberos Scouts, several of whom are of Indian descent, led the meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance. Several speakers at the conference were of Indian origin Campbell also attacked Rep. Jared Patterson for rejecting hateful rhetoric toward Native American communities. “We, as a Frisco community, should firmly reject the outright racist rhetoric directed at our friends and neighbors in the Indian community both online and at tonight’s Frisco City Council meeting,” Patterson apparently wrote before the meeting. Bert Thakur, the first Indian-American member of the Frisco City Council, talked about the “Indian” issue at the meeting and said that Indians who came to the United States became Americans and contributed to the American dream.
