00:00There have been certain tweets, Laura, which, because you're in India right now.
00:04And you know what you've done, and let me say this, it's a feat.
00:08Because by the virtue of those tweets, you've done the impossible.
00:11You've got the left in India and the right in India come together and being uncomfortable
00:16with those tweets.
00:17So in that way, you know, there's a lot to thank you because that rarely ever happens
00:20in India.
00:21But they've come together in the criticism, Laura, of some of your tweets earlier.
00:26You've deleted most of them on what you perceive is your image of India and Indians.
00:33Do you regret it?
00:35Do you?
00:35Because you deleted them.
00:36So that's why I ask you.
00:38Well, Twitter deleted some of them.
00:40I had no choice but to delete some of them because Twitter actually locked my account,
00:44believe it or not.
00:45In the aftermath of that, they actually, you know, restricted my account in December.
00:50This is what I'll say.
00:51I'm not going to apologize for my comments about the H-1B visa program because my job
00:57is to speak for Americans and to stand up for American interests.
01:01And our immigration laws have been exploited and abused.
01:05And our labor laws have also been exploited and abused.
01:09And I'm going to continue being an advocate and a fighter for American workers who are struggling
01:15to find employment because they're told they are not the best and the brightest in a field,
01:21right, in Silicon Valley in tech that is dominated by over 70% imported foreign labor,
01:27mostly from China and India.
01:29What I will say is that I shouldn't have said some of the things that I said in the other
01:36tweets.
01:36It's not about H-1B, and I apologize if my remarks offended people.
01:41And I'm here in India this week, and I'm spending several days in India where I'm going to be,
01:47you know, traveling the country.
01:48I'm very excited to be here.
01:50Everybody's been, you know, very friendly.
01:51I'm very happy to be able to experience India myself.
01:55But I will say I don't have hatred in my heart for India or Hindu people.
01:59I'm an advocate for Hindus.
02:01I speak out against the brutality of Islam that has persecuted millions of Hindus around
02:06the world.
02:07And I don't come from a place of hatred.
02:11My comments come from a place of love for my people and my country.
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