Vikas Khanna's reply to US senate candidate's 'third-world migrants' remark wins praise online

Michelin Star chef Vikas Khanna's befitting reply to a US Senate candidate’s controversial tweet about “third-world migrants” is receiving a lot of praise on Twitter.

Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies.

Prove me wrong.

— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) October 7, 2020

The controversial remark triggered a range of reactions as several people, who have migrated to the US, commented on her post highlighting their achievements, including Khanna.

In his reply to the Senate candidate that has over 16,000 likes as of yet, the celebrity chef listed out his major achievements.

“Being a recipient of highest awards from Eleanor Roosevelt Award to Benjamin Franklin Award to Game Changers to Michelin Star to James Beard Nom to Oscar Eligibility 2020 to ‘The Hottest Chef in NY’ to being on the cover of the New York Times and many publications to cooking for 3 PRESIDENTS,” he tweeted.

Being a recipient of highest awards from Eleanor Roosevelt Award to Benjamin Franklin Award to Game Changers to Michelin Star to James Beard Nom to Oscar Eligibility 2020 to “The Hottest Chef in NY” to being on the cover of @nytimes & many publications to cooking for 3 PRESIDENTS pic.twitter.com/8owu9SbibQ

— Vikas Khanna (@TheVikasKhanna) October 10, 2020

@TheVikasKhanna - great response! pic.twitter.com/8JN0m7FktQ

— Vikas Shah MBE (@MrVikas) October 10, 2020

“Third World” refugee here. I have a PhD in English and I won a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. What have you done?

— viet thanh nguyen (@viet_t_nguyen) October 10, 2020

— Alejandra (@aleximenez) October 8, 2020

You are tweeting your anti-immigrant bigotry on a phone created by the son Syrian immigrant. Will that do? pic.twitter.com/DGkWTOm8K2

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 10, 2020

It is absolutely abhorrent to be this racist without being smart enough to know it.

— Andrew Goss USAF (@Goss30Goss) October 10, 2020

Best response, Sir! You have always made us proud! pic.twitter.com/E6942s7Fzj

— ᴮᴱAishwarya⁷ Jadhav (@its_aishu) October 10, 2020