A Palm Bay councilman at the center of a controversy earlier this year came out on social media on Thursday to respond to alleged claims that he was a “Neo-Nazi.”
The councilman — Chandler Langevin — made headlines last year when he critiqued immigration stemming from India.
LANGEVIN’S COMMENTS
In a now-deleted X post, he wrote:
“There’s not a single Indian that cares about the United States.
They are here to exploit us financially and enrich India and Indians.
America for Americans.”
Chandler Langevin on X
Langevin later clarified that he was not referring to all Americans with Indian heritage.
Rather, he said he was discussing Indians coming to the country illegally; being brought in under the federal H1-B program; and naturalized immigrants who believe “America is an economic zone to enrich Indians.”
There are certainly Americans that have Indian heritage but they are still Americans.
That said they are a small percentage of all Indians and Americans of Indian descent in the country.
There is a significant issue with illegal Indians, H1-b abuse, and even naturalized… https://t.co/Z1UydTBUHN
— Chandler Langevin (@ChandlerForPB) October 2, 2025
Despite that, Langevin has received heavy criticism from members of the public and fellow councilmembers alike, even being censured for his message.
Langevin later sued the city, which resulted in Palm Bay paying $55,000 in a settlement.
CITY MEETING
On Thursday night, though, he issued another statement on X, claiming that three people had called him a “Neo-Nazi” because he used the word “White” in a post.
One spectator claimed that Langevin was being hateful, asking, “How is it that the people that are representing us allows somebody on this panel to spew hate, spew bigotry?”
Langevin called the situation ironic.
“The irony was totally lost on them that right after that, we approved a city partnership for Hispanic Heritage Festival and Indiafest,” he wrote.
At City Council tonight 3 people called me a “Neo-Nazi” because I used the word “White” in a post.
The irony was totally lost on them that right after that we approved a city partnership for Hispanic Heritage Festival and Indiafest.
We live in a country where the Native’s…
— Chandler Langevin (@ChandlerForPB) September 18, 2026
During the meeting, Mayor Rob Medina said that Langevin’s comments are defended due to his freedom of speech.
“We attempted to censure an individual on this dais collectively, and that was accomplished,” Medina said. “However, it was a costly accomplishment for the citizens of Palm Bay.”
ONLINE BACK-AND-FORTH
Earlier in the week, Langevin also got into a back-and-forth with U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) after the lawmaker criticized a post from the Department of Homeland Security, which showed an image with a caption reading, “GET OFF OUR ROADS, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE MR. SINGH.”
That post comes after a separate incident in August 2025, when Harjinder Singh, an India-born truck driver, made a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike that authorities say caused a crash killing three people.
Krishnamoorthi indicated that the post may spark “xenophobia” and “casts suspicion on an entire community” of Sikhs and South Asian Americans.
“South Asian Americans are as American as anyone,” Krishnamoorthi wrote. “This is our country and our home, and there should be no room for hate here.”
Our government should never use its power to demonize people or suggest that their faith, heritage, or identity means they do not belong here. Yet in an official social media post styled as a movie poster, the Trump Department of Homeland Security depicted a man labeled “Mr.… pic.twitter.com/YMa5H2ZKSc
— Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) September 10, 2026
In response, Langevin said, “I won Rajesh. Take your curry and go home.”
Krishnamoorthi further responded, “I’m staying. So is the curry. American is my home. No bigot gets to decide who is American, who belongs here, or what they have for dinner. That’s the America I’ll always fight for.”
Langevin once more posted in reply to the lawmaker, with a caption reading, “Indian Removal Act 2027.”
Indian Removal Act 2027 https://t.co/yqQPAUZOU2 pic.twitter.com/RbIE9a7Sb6
— Chandler Langevin (@ChandlerForPB) September 16, 2026
IMMIGRATION CRITIQUES
Langevin has been very critical of immigration — particularly that of Indian origin — into the United States.
In 2024 alone, federal data from the USCIS shows that over 70% of the nearly 400,000 approved H-1B petitions were for workers whose country of birth was India.
Many critics of the program say that H-1B workers undercut American workers, luring people from overseas who are often willing to work for less than American workers do.
The issue gained even more traction earlier this year when the Trump administration decided to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for new workers. DeSantis has also touched on the issue here in Florida.
H1B visas should be:
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) October 1, 2025
That said, his beliefs have also sparked controversy in Brevard County, with many Indian-American residents and business owners calling his comments offensive and saying they misrepresent the contributions their community makes in Palm Bay.
News 6 reached out to Langevin for more context on his X post and comment on Thursday night’s meeting.
In response, he quoted a passage by Alexander Hamilton that warns against mass migration:
“The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias, and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.
Foreigners will generally be apt to bring with them attachments to the persons they have left behind; to the country of their nativity, and to its particular customs and manners. The influx of foreigners must, therefore, tend to produce a heterogeneous compound; to change and corrupt the national spirit; to complicate and confound public opinion; to introduce foreign propensities in the composition of society, the harmony of the ingredients is all-important, and whatever tends to a discordant intermixture must have an injurious tendency.
The United States have already felt the evils of incorporating a large number of foreigners into their national mass.”
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