A Texas Republican leader has drawn sharp criticism after making controversial remarks on social media regarding a 90-foot statue of Lord Hanuman, a Hindu deity, recently unveiled at the Shri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas.

Alexander Duncan, a GOP candidate for the Texas State Senate, posted a video of the statue on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption: "Why are we allowing a false statue of a false Hindu God to be here in Texas? We are a CHRISTIAN nation."

In a follow-up post, Duncan cited verses from the Bible’s Book of Exodus (20:3-4), stating: "You must not have any other god but me. You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea."

Duncan's remarks were swiftly condemned by interfaith and civil right

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