Trump supporter’s ‘taco trucks’ remark draws mockery
MONICA SANDSCHAFER VIA AP
In this photo provided by Monica Sandschafer, Congressman Ruben Gallego is seen standing in line at a taco truck in Phoenix today.
PHOENIX » A Hispanic Donald Trump supporter’s assertion that without Trump there could one day be “taco trucks on every corner” in the U.S. stirred ridicule, not to mention hunger, across the internet today.
Hundreds of tweets with the hashtag “taco trucks on every corner” popped up on Twitter, most of them from people salivating for the tortilla-wrapped food.
The social media onslaught was in reaction to a Thursday night interview on MSNBC with Latinos for Trump founder Marco Gutierrez, who said the Mexican culture is “dominant” and “imposing” before issuing his taco warning.
The opportunity to poke fun at Gutierrez’s remarks was too hard for many to pass up. Celebrities such as actors Patton Oswalt and Eva Longoria Baston jokingly referenced the hashtag in tweets. Various memes with statements such as “Election day is now officially Taco Tuesday” were also circulating.
Some groups drove the taco-truck comment further with real trucks.
A coalition of progressive Nevada advocacy groups offered free tacos Thursday while holding a press conference outside Republican Congressman Joe Heck’s office in Las Vegas.
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The Arizona Democratic Party put the phrase up on the marquee of its building in mid-town Phoenix. Party officials also said there would be a taco truck on the property Saturday.
With several predominantly Latino neighborhoods, Phoenix is a city used to seeing taco trucks on the corner. In the wake of Gutierrez’s comments, Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego decided to patronize one of them.
The Democrat posted a photo to his personal Twitter account of him ordering three carne asada tacos from his favorite taco truck for lunch today. The picture was accompanied by the tweet “about to assert my cultural dominance.” It has garnered hundreds of likes.
“I was just trying to bring some levity to it,” Gallego said. “Good food is good food and it will unite people whether they are Democrats or Republicans.”
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OMG, taco trucks coming! Wait—isn’t that a good thing? Mexican food in AZ is actually quite good.
A good promo by a taco truck would be to give out free taquitos, call them “Trumpquitos.” I’m sure a few would be tossed to the ground and stepped on. But most will be eaten; why waste food? Besides, no one takes that Trump guy too seriously, do they?
Ha ha!
Obviously you don’t need an audience.
You may laugh along. 😀
I’d smash it into these anti-Trump alleged taco lovers faces. The big-mouths aren’t actually taco lovers.
This story is a Trump hit piece about how the media and the liberal entertainment outlets are so in the bag for HilLIARy that they have to mock a Trump supporter as a way to get to the candidate. I think the voters are a lot smarter than that, that there are wackos on both sides.
“Nobody takes Trump seriously, do they?” Only those who are concerned about our open borders, the expanding racial divide, the flat salaries, rising healthcare costs, the lack of a foreign policy, ISIS, a military in shambles, a bloated federal government, and veterans without adequate access to healthcare. Yeah, many take Trump seriously, unless you’re happy with the way things are going.
Problem is he doesn’t take himself seriously. He flip flops all over the place and even his closest advisors are having a serious problem of reining him in. Not much you can do once the Chump has made up his mind to do whatever in the hell that he wants to.
Better than Hillary running around in her pajamas saying I don’t remember…
lol good one ^5
He was never serious about winning. He’s taking all his supporters for a ride.
He’s taking all his supporters for a ride to the White House. The Trump Train is rolling. All aboard!
Hahahahahahahahahahahhhaaaaa.
keaukaha: “he flips flops all over the place”! like a mexican jumping bean!
You take Trump so seriously that you ignore the fact that he flip-flops every week, even the same day, as on his Mex-AZ day?
Take seriously a grown man who makes fun of handicapped people?
Take seriously a public figure who gets in a futile tiff with the parents of a slain soldier. That’s a fight NOBODY can win, and that’s why smart public figures never do that.
Take seriously a draft dodger who says he knows more about fighting terrorism than all the generals and intelligence experts? Honestly, didn’t you laugh (or shudder) when you heard that?
Take seriously a “successful businessman” who takes advantage of bankruptcy loopholes to build his wealth?
Take seriously a guy who starts blaming the “rigged system” 3 months before the election?
Take seriously a guy who hides his tax returns? If he’s so successful, don’t you think he’d be showing off his figures? And no, the “audit” is a false excuse, there’s no rule against releasing them.
Before betting all your marbles on this guy, don’t you want to know more about him? Burying your head in the sand is an unwise life choice. Fix your life, don’t allow a salesman to con you into buying something you’ll regret as soon as he’s turned the corner.
We, informed, people know all about hiLIARy from her proven deceit to her serious hidden Health issue…not good for America.
TRUMP PENCE 2016
“Make America Great Again”
I think you need a big taco meal away from Fox News. Maybe you’ll get your brain back
mtf1953…stop drinking the koolaid and stop watching hiLIARy’s CNN.
Monkey: do your homework. Mr. Trump didn’t dodge the draft. He was classified 4F and also had a high draft lottery number. Mr. Clinton used his political connections to defer him long enough to get a high draft number.
His high draft lottery number doesn’t correspond with purported physical ailment. Just like his transfer from Fordham to Penn ( he did not graduate from Wharton) as he claims, there was a large donation to the school, curiously just at the same time–strings were pulled.
Mr. Trump dodged the draft. He fabricated a medical condition with his feet, that he can’t even remember now. He’s a coward.
I didn’t know you could fabricate a foot ailment to avoid the draft…I guess that was my achilles heel.
Klastri. Trump a coward? You mean like the all black Running 92nd in WW2.? Famous for running so fast away from battle in Italy.
butinski – You can obfuscate the facts any way you choose. Trump is a coward.
Do you take serious a woman that flips her stance on trade agreements, gay marriage, raising payroll taxes, the gulf war. Well you get the picture, I could go on and on with this woman.
Take serious a woman that tells the family of four Americans that their family members were killed because of a video on you tube.
Take serious a woman that knows all about dodging, sniper bullets that is, she is so good at it that she is better than any General or intelligence officer. She can stand up, get some flowers, and take a nice stroll to the waiting cars, not like the Generals that had to crawl for their live.
Take serious a Politician that takes advantage of 501(c) taxes codes so she can take millions upon millions of dollars into a foundation so she can pay herself and her family million upon millions of dollars. Side note here, neither is illegal, just that hers is a pay to play thing.
Take serious a not so successful politician that had the primaries rigged in her favor.
Take serious a woman that not only tried to hide her work related emails, but then tried to have them deleted, bleach bit erased, electronic devises smashed with hammers, etc.
Don’t bet your marbles on this woman, like millionmonkeys says, burying your head in the sand is an unwise life choice.
I’m not sure why this is big news. Mr. Gutierrez is no more of a buffoon or imbecile than Mr. Trump’s other supporters.
Stranger than fiction.
It’s not. The big news is the release of more Classified emails from the pant suit lady with brain damage.
That is the only argument that you have humped on. The Chump has no plan which has become very evident over the last few days. It is as if the only people that are excited with the Chump are his fellow kindergarteners. He has no real plan and for his devout followers it is very sad. His dream if you can Cali it that has only distanced himself from the true objectives
Donald is doing fine. There are a few more problems for lying crooked HiLIARy. Where’s Vince Foster? Clinton Cash.IRS.Whitewater.Clinton Foundation.Benghazi,four men died and HiLIARy lied.Husband a rapist.Brain damage.Blood thinners. Lock her up.
sarge22 – Have you had a stroke?
Klastri…what a terrible thing to say.
Lacking in sufficient arguments in favor of Trump, you resort to criticizing the clothing of his opponent. All you do is bolster my resolve to vote for anyone other than Trump.
Eat at North Shore Taco on the North Shore at Sharks Cove or their outlet in Hauula
There used to be a little drive-in in Gilroy that probably had the best tacos and burritos on earth. All the produce of course was fresh out of the fields. They were also very friendly to gringos who just wanted good food.
We need many more in town.
Really? The AP is digging pretty deep now. What’s the next Trump hit piece? “Trump supporter’s dog pees on a Hillary for president lawn sign” Meanwhile Dr. Evil is so confused by trying to keep track of her lies that she’s not sure what day of the week it is. Are we quite sure we want Hillary with her finger on the nuke button?
Yeah?, then why do most security experts, both Democrats/Republicans trust Hillary and NOT Drumph with that responsibility of going nuclear? End story.
Because he’s profoundly mentally ill. That’s a pretty good reason, I’d say.
Clingons, better bend over and get ahold of something.
lol ^5
Make everyone hungry early in the morning.
How many of these big-mouth celebrities and politicians actually ever eat at taco trucks? Not many I bet until now and they will only go for the photo op.
Mr. “Taco Trucks On Every Corner” and Latinos for Trump founder Marco Gutierrez is a real estate scam artist who has declared bankruptcy 14 times. Too bad Trump University was shut down; he could have been a full professor.
They don’t have Amb. Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods blood on their hands…hiLIARy does though.
Chris Stevens’s sister, the family spokesperson, said, “With the many issues in the current election, to use [Benghazi]—and to use Chris’s death as a political point—is not appropriate.”
Nothing is too vile or base for Trump supporters. Absolutely nothing.