Republican Rep. Maira Flores (Texas), the first Mexican-born Congressman, spoke out sharply with both CNN and First Lady Jill Biden after the publication of her and other Hispanic Republican candidates’ first article saying “it’s not the real deal”. “.'”
“According to CNN: I’m not the real deal,” he tweeted. “Maybe I’m not that kind of taco.”
Flores’ comment on tacos was linked to Jill Biden’s comment comparing Hispanics to “tacos” at an event Monday where many Latinos, left and right, were deaf and resentful.
According to CNN: I’m not the real deal
Maybe I’m not that taco pic.twitter.com/ORfN9BKtrb
– Mayra Flores for Congress (@MayraFlores2022) 12 July 2022
“Raoul helped build this organization by realizing that the diversity of this community is as big as the wine cellars of the Bronx, as beautiful as the flowers of Miami, and your strength is a here in San Antonio,” Biden said, whose statement was videotaped and quickly went viral on social media. as unique as a breakfast taco.”
Jill Biden just said that Latinos are as “unique” as tacos.
This is not VIP. Which White House songwriter won the first woman to say this?pic.twitter.com/DXfJgYz0g5
– Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) 11 July 2022
An English professor also mispronounced the word “bodegas”, calling them “bogedas”.
Biden’s statements drew criticism from the Hispanic Journalists Association.
“NAHJ [The National Association of Hispanic Journalists] Encourages @FLOTUS and the PR team to take the time to better understand the complexity of our people and community. We are not tacos. “Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by diverse diaspora, cultures and culinary traditions,” he said.
NAHJ promotes @FLOTUS and the public relations team to better understand the complexity of our people and community.
We are not tacos.
Our heritage as Hispanics is shaped by diverse diasporas, cultures and culinary traditions.
Don’t stereotype us. pic.twitter.com/KQIq5gwsht
– NAHJ (@NAHJ) 12 July 2022
A spokesperson for Biden tweeted that he is “sorry that his words express nothing more than pure admiration and love for the Hispanic community.”
The First Lady apologizes that her words meant nothing but pure admiration and love for the Hispanic community.
– Michael LaRosa (@MichaelLaRosa46) 12 July 2022
Biden’s remarks didn’t help the perception that Democrats had lost touch with Hispanic voters, as evidence of Flores’ victory in a former blue zone of Texas. Flores became the first Republican to win the county seat in decades.
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Source: Breitbart
