Being attacked by fellow Republicans because of my Sikh faith: Indian-American attorney

Indian-American attorney, Harmeet Dhillon, who is running for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman, has alleged that she is facing bigoted attacks from fellow Republicans because of her Sikh faith.

She, however, asserted that she will not give up and continue to be in the race for the top position, as reported by PTI. Dhillon, 54, a former California Republican Party Co-Chair, is contesting against powerful Ronna McDaniel for the position.

In a series of tweets, Dhillon said, “To be very clear, no amount of threats to me or my team, or bigoted attacks on my faith traceable directly to associates of the chair, will deter me from advancing positive change at the RNC, which includes new standards of accountability, transparency, integrity, and decency.”

Dhillon said she received a number of threatening tweets on Monday.

“Threats incoming today. One of Ronna’s state chair supporters responded to my message about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy by threatening me with consequences if I didn’t make the “annoying” text messages from voters stop (no one on my team has asked anyone to text members),” she alleged in another tweet.

“Another person on my team got a threatening call from a $$$ RNC consultant for raising questions about RNC’s highest-paid vendors. Message delivered was that my supporter would never work on a certain presidential campaign or for RNC if they didn’t shut up,” she said from her verified Twitter handle Pnjaban.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson election will be held on January 27.

Dhillon has received endorsements for the position of Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee against McDaniel.

Last week, Politico newspaper in a report said that opponents have begun raising concerns about her Sikh faith — a development that has left some members of the committee unsettled.

Dhillon told Politico that it is “hurtful to learn that a handful of RNC members, in a close race for RNC chair, have chosen to question my fitness to run the RNC by using my devout Sikh faith as a weapon against me.” Her opponent McDaniel, the incumbent, has condemned such an attack based on faith.