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Trump's Cinco de Mayo post draws ire from some Latinos
Source: Associated Press
Trump's Cinco de Mayo post draws ire from some Latinos
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and SERGIO BUSTOS
May. 5, 2016 6:58 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's social media post on Thursday to mark Cinco de Mayo immediately went viral, spawning criticism from some Latino groups that found it offensive and pandering.
Trump took to Twitter and Facebook with a picture of himself eating a taco bowl and the caption: "Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!"
The post generated tens of thousands of retweets and seemingly as many jokes. But not everyone found it amusing.
Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization, tweeted a short time later that the Republican presidential front-runner's post was "clueless, offensive and self-promoting."
"Eating a taco or wearing a sombrero doesn't cut it w/our community in 2016," Murguia tweeted.
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By JONATHAN LEMIRE and SERGIO BUSTOS
May. 5, 2016 6:58 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's social media post on Thursday to mark Cinco de Mayo immediately went viral, spawning criticism from some Latino groups that found it offensive and pandering.
Trump took to Twitter and Facebook with a picture of himself eating a taco bowl and the caption: "Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!"
The post generated tens of thousands of retweets and seemingly as many jokes. But not everyone found it amusing.
Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization, tweeted a short time later that the Republican presidential front-runner's post was "clueless, offensive and self-promoting."
"Eating a taco or wearing a sombrero doesn't cut it w/our community in 2016," Murguia tweeted.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1412ed6de0454abc9d81e892e5fc53e6/trumps-cinco-de-mayo-post-draws-ire-some-latinos
