"Hillary, sympathetic towards Pakistan. Gave billions of dollars in aid and military equipment used against India. Huma Abedin is of Pakistani origin and will become Chief of Staff if she wins," an ad circulated by the Republican Hindu Coalition states.
However, there is no indication that Abedin would serve as Chief of Staff in a Clinton administration.
Additionally, the Republican Hindu Coalition has sent 60,000 direct mail pieces to Hindu-American voters in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio that state: “Chief of Staff in Clinton White House will be Huma Abedin, of Pakistani and Saudi background.”
Republican Hindu Coalition founder Shalabh 'Shalli' Kumar said Hindu-Americans will be the "key" to winning the White House. He claims he's spent $4 million to help elect Clinton's rival Donald Trump, and said he's open to spending a "couple million" more.
Referring to Abedin’s parentage, Kumar told The New York Post:
Huma in general is as pro-terrorist as you could be… she’s got a really dark background. I can’t even fathom. I don’t understand why Hillary will associate herself with Huma.
However, according to several biographies of Hillary Clinton and articles on her entourage, the father of Abedin, who was born in Michigan but lived in Saudi Arabia where her family moved when she was two years old till she came back to US for college, was of Indian descent, while her mother was Pakistani.
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