The founder of Latinos for Trump on Thursday warned that if his candidate loses, America faces an uncertain future in which Mexican food is far too easily available.
“My culture is a dominant culture, and it’s imposing and it’s causing problems,” Marco Gutierrez said in an interview on MSNBC. “If you don’t do something about it, you’re gonna have taco trucks [on] every corner.”
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— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) September 2, 2016
Asked by host Joy Ann Reid to respond, New York state Sen. Adriano Espaillat (D) said that he was “offended” by the comment.
“I’ll tell you what that means. The Spanish never conquered Mexico,” Gutierrez said, seemingly forgetting the historically pivotal conquest of the Aztec Empire by Spanish colonizers in the sixteenth century. “We are a culture that—we have a lot of good things that we bring to the United States, but we also have problems.”
“I don’t know what culture Mr. Gutierrez is talking about,” Espaillat replied. “But I know that the Hispanic culture has a saying—a very prominent saying: Mi casa, tu casa. ‘My house, your house.’ It is a tolerant culture. It is one that welcomes neighbors in.”
Espaillat said that Trump was the “aggressive and bullying” one, citing the announcement that several members of his National Hispanic Advisory Council have resigned in response to his full-throated call to deport undocumented immigrants during a Wednesday speech in Phoenix.
Gutierrez insisted that he and his friends “stand with Donald Trump.”
“There’s a lot of Hispanics that are in the closet because of the violent criticism of the left, but they support Donald Trump,” he said.
This was not the first time Trump’s campaign has gotten mixed up in a taco-related controversy. The Republican nominee was mocked for tweeting a photo of himself eating a taco bowl on Cinco de Mayo in an apparent attempt to court Latino voters.
This is a strategy? “Look at me! Look how bad my people are!! We will feed you our native food!!!”
This is supposed to scare me? Can he guarantee that they will serve whole beans cooked in olive oil or canola oil? Both kinds of guacamole—pureed and salsa style?
And finally, will they have red AND green mole?
MMMMMM… Taco’s… Can’t wait…
On a side note, I never realized until now the large part ritual castration apparently takes in some parts of the Hispanic culture.
I watched this meltdown in real time last night. It was depressing to see someone filled with such self-loathing.
well… here in beautiful downtown Niles we have a taco truck and if it’s any indication I’d welcome a few more… we also have food truck mafia every Wednesday…
so… Bueno