False Hindu God: Trump party leader’s remark on Hanuman statue sparks fury

US President Donald Trump's party colleague in Texas has stirred controversy with his comments opposing a 90-foot statue of Lord Hanuman, known as the Statue of Union, in Sugar Land, Texas. Alexander Duncan, a GOP member, objected to the monument at the Shri Ashtalakshmi Temple, calling the United States a “Christian nation.”

“Why are we allowing a false statue of a false Hindu God to be here in Texas? We are a CHRISTIAN nation,” Duncan wrote on X, while sharing a video of the monument. In a follow-up post, he cited verses from Exodus 20:3-4 of the Bible, which prohibit idol worship.

In another post on X, he wrote, "Let us never forget that we are one nation under God, and that God is the one true living God, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords."