'You can't speak English': Who is India-born Shri Thanedar, who got trolled for impeachment articles against Trump?

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ep Shri Thandera (D-Michigan) was trolled on social media after he introduced seven articles of impeachment against President Trump. This is crucial as this is the first time this year a House Democrat tried to impeach the president or a member of his administration.

This is, of course, a long shot as the Republicans have the majority in the House. But MAGA wasted no time to troll him for his appearance and his Indian origin.

“Impeach your wigmaker,” one right-wing handle named Sara Rose said. “You should be deported,” wrote Gunther Eagleman. “People born in other countries shouldn’t be allowed to serve in the US Congress,” another wrote. “Dude you can’t even speak English,” a fourth person wrote.

“You never assimilated. Your citizenship should be revoked and you should be deported directly to India’s frontline,” one wrote.

Shri Thanedar’s articles of impeachment accuse Trump of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, usurpation of power, bribery and corruption.

Shri Thanedar is an American businessman and politician serving as the US representative from Michigan’s 13th congressional district since 2023. Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 election.

Thanedar was born in Karnataka, studied in India till master’s (He did a Chemistry masters from University of Mumbai) and came to the US in 1979 to pursue a PhD at the University of Akron. He became a US citizen in 1988. He started working as a researcher and then turned into a businessman as he started buying chemist companies.

Thanedar entered politics when he ran in the 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election as a Democrat.

He’s written two autobiographies: one in Marathi (2004) and The Blue Suitcase in English (2008). Thanedar lost his first wife, Shamal, to suicide in 1996; he has two sons, Neil and Samir. He married Shashi in 1999 and lives in Detroit.

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