‘Married to an Indian woman’: US Rep. Brendan Gill’s remarks about Indian 7-Eleven workers spark online backlash World News
United States Representative Brandon Gill He faced a lot of heat online for his comments about hiring Indians at 7-Eleven convenience stores in the United States. In a video that quickly gained traction on X (formerly Twitter), Gill said the idea that the U.S. would bring 7-Eleven workers from India or elsewhere around the world to work at gas stations because of a lack of Americans ready to do the work was “stupid” and “idiotic.”““We don’t need to bring in 7-Eleven workers from India or anywhere in the world. Hire Americans,” he wrote in the caption of the post while sharing the video.
Gill appeared on The Benny Show, hosted by YouTuber Benny Johnson, and spoke about the growing immigrant population in areas like Frisco, Texas. He blamed illegal and legal immigration through the H-1B visa system, citing 7-Eleven workers from India as examples of fraudsters. He also claimed that people opened fake businesses in the country and began chain migration once they settled down. “This has to end at some point and I think it’s now,” he added.His comments stemmed from a video taken at a 7-Eleven in Texas and posted by controversial YouTuber Tyler Oliveira. In the video, an Indian employee in the store mentioned that he came to India on an H-1B visa and was originally from Andhra Pradesh, India. The video was later shared by AF Post on“Gill, who represents Texas’ 26th Congressional District, reacted to the video by calling for a ban on H-1B visas, writing: “H-1B is a scam and should be abolished.”As many social media users pointed out, the irony is that Gill herself is married to an Indian. His wife, Danielle D’Souza, is the daughter of Trump ally Dinesh D’Souza, who was born in Mumbai and immigrated to the United States in 1978. Danielle D’Souza Gill is an American author, commentator, and conservative activist who is active in the Women for Trump Coalition and has also appeared on Fox News and Newsmax.Gill has been heavily criticized for his comments about Indians, with many netizens criticizing his marriage to an Indian-origin woman. “Really weird comments from a man who is married to an Indian woman and has Indian in-laws. He promotes white nationalism in public but in the bedroom he is a third worldist. The racist version of a closeted gay priest,” one user on X wrote. Another added: “Gas stations don’t pay well, no one wants to work there and the MP’s overt racism is insane.” “Then why marry an Indian brother?” someone else wrote. “Congressman, do you think your in-laws are imports? Shame on you.” Despite Gill’s personal ties to immigrant families, he is known for his outspoken anti-immigrant stance. Previously, he had suggested to X that immigration was not inherently good just because it was legal. In another post, he shared photos of California in 1960 and 2025, comparing the two and claiming that mass immigration had left the United States “transformed beyond recognition.” Interestingly, each of his posts on the subject is accompanied by similar reminders of his wife’s immigrant roots.
