Whether they were impressed that Donald Trump took the initiative to meet with Mexico’s president or simply with the fact that he didn’t drool on himself while doing it, pundits had to admit that the GOP nominee fared pretty well Wednesday, even if they had set the bar to its lowest position.
So, it was inevitable that someone in the Trump camp would quickly feed the media something outlandish they could run with to reset the narrative. That job used to fall to Trump himself, but now that his campaign is under new management, the founder of Latinos for Trump stepped up Thursday night on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes” (guest hosted by Joy Reid).
Latinos for Trump founder @MarcoGutierrez: "you're gonna have taco trucks on every corner" #inners https://t.co/Vifo3q7Ah8
— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) September 2, 2016
That sounds pretty tasty. Is he saying that under President Trump, properly vetted Mexican immigrants will enter the United States legally and become entrepreneurs? Not quite.
Latinos For Trump rep on MSNBC: "My culture is a very dominant culture & if you don’t do something you’ll have taco trucks on every corner."
— (((Touré))) (@Toure) September 2, 2016
And that’s … bad?
On @MSNBC, Marco Gutierrez warned of Mexico's "dominant culture" and that it will lead to a "taco truck on every corner." Sounds delicious!
— Rollie Hobbes (@R0H09) September 2, 2016
Even if this dude was right about Mexican culture being "dominant," WTF is wrong w/ taco trucks on every corner? #inners @JoyAnnReid
— tiff's tweets (@tiffanyclay) September 2, 2016
Goddamnit @MarcoGutierrez, now I want tacos. How soon I gotta wait before our "dominant culture" installs one on my corner?
— Rigo (@RiggsGonzo) September 2, 2016
Hey Hillary, can we have some of that hot sauce you keep in your purse?
Candidly, taco trucks on every corner is pretty close to my dream. OK, maybe every 3rd corner, plus crepe trucks and samosa trucks.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 2, 2016
I'm voting for pro-taco truck candidates. A gateway issue for me
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 2, 2016
I'm totally ok with taco trucks on every corner… https://t.co/VhtgyI5OUj
— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) September 2, 2016
@samsanders that would get my vote
— Chuck (@ambiguous8) September 2, 2016
@samsanders That's like my idea of heaven.
— The Adam Glass (@TheAdamGlass) September 2, 2016
@samsanders @allinwithchris @MarcoGutierrez uuuuhhhhh… If that taco truck has amazing green salsa and shrimp tacos I AM DOWN!
— Bleeder (@bleedingcor) September 2, 2016
@samsanders @allinwithchris @MarcoGutierrez depends on the taco truck…bad taco trucks are bad
— FattyMatty (@fattymattysf) September 2, 2016
… and that’s why it’s so important to accept immigrants on the basis of merit.
Anyway it's fun to make fun of the taco trucks thing but wow, this guy's self-loathing is genuinely sad. https://t.co/ZRIBjXwYjO
— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) September 2, 2016
Someone had to spoil our appetites. “My culture is a very dominant culture” is self-loathing now if a Latino says it? Are the people wearing “Make America Mexico Again” T-shirts to Trump protests self-loathing too?
It must be a burden for a white man to have that gift/curse of superhuman insight.
The whole "my culture is very dominant" quote buys into the insidious and racist idea that whiteness is a kind of default.
— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) September 2, 2016
Berney does confess in his bio to being an opinion writer for Rolling Stone. We didn’t know “whiteness” was a culture, but if it is, Rolling Stone is certainly on every coffee table.
And any other culture is a stain on the purity of that whiteness. It's one thing for Nazi jerks to believe that, but this guy?
— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) September 2, 2016
It is, as Trump would say, Sad!!!
— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) September 2, 2016
