Overview
- In a now-deleted X post, Matt Forney urged the mass deportation of Indian-origin people and claimed Hindu temples and Indian-owned businesses would face bombings and mass shootings in 2026.
- Forney framed the deportation call as a safety measure, using the phrase “We must DEI: Deport Every Indian,” and asserted that Indians would be racially targeted for violence.
- He removed the post and later claimed he acted because “Indians were marshalling their mass report squads,” as screenshots of the original message spread widely.
- Users condemned the remarks and tagged accounts for the FBI and India’s Ministry of External Affairs, though no official investigation or government action has been reported.
- Forney has a record of anti-immigrant rhetoric and was previously dismissed from The Blaze; researchers have separately documented a surge in anti-Indian content on X, including about 2,700 posts in October 2025.