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The Republican National Committee (RNC) didn’t waste time before raising money from a comparison of Latin Americans with “breakfast tacos” by Mrs. Jill Biden.
A viral comment that the wife of the President of San Antonio, Texas, spoke with a group of Hispanic voters at the 2022 Unidos US Annual Meeting on Monday is now available as a T-shirt.
RNC has released a T-shirt with a taco image and caption that says “It’s not a taco for breakfast”, available from the party’s online store. The item description says, “Tell Jill Biden that we’re not her breakfast tacos,” and “go towards helping the Republicans recapture the House and Senate in 2022.” Encourage the buyer.
In a speech on Monday, the First Lady told the crowd: “The diversity of this community is yours, as unique as Bodegas in Bronx, as beautiful as the flowers in Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.”
A group of Hispanic journalists rebukes Jill Biden for “breakfast tacos”: “Don’t give us back to stereotypes”
A spokesman for Jill Biden apologized for his comments on Twitter on Tuesday.
“Biden and Democrats don’t know how to talk to communities they haven’t cared about, and they always take it for granted,” RNC Communications Director Daniel Alvarez told Fox News Digital. Panda’s attempt is rude and derogatory. “
“Since Jill Biden compares us to tacos, it makes sense why Hispanics are overwhelmingly opposed to this unruly, unsuccessful government and making the Democrats uproar,” Alvarez said. Said.
Jill Biden apologizes for “taco” comments about Latino Americans
The comments of the First Lady, who laughed at the crowd, quickly became viral as prominent politicians criticized the speech and made fun of it.
Senator Ted Cruz R-TX tweeted on Tuesday that Biden “personally, chorizo, eggs, and cheese,” in response to Senator Marco Rubio R-Fla. He joined him just by posting a photo of the tacos.
ABC’s The View host also expressed criticism of the comments. “It was a racial stereotype,” Sunny Hostin said, and co-host Whoopi Goldberg said the First Lady “should try not to do it again.”
Speeches are given as the Biden administration seeks more support from the Hispanic community as the midterm elections approach.
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The taco blunder occurs a few days after President Joe Biden, who appears to have misread the prompter during his speech, faced a backlash.
Louis Casiano and Hanna Panreck of Fox News contributed to this report.