Jill Biden apologizes to Latino community for “breakfast tacos” comment

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First Lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday after she mentioned throughout a San Antonio speech that the Latino community was “as unique as the breakfast tacos” within the metropolis.

“The First Lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community,” her spokesperson, Michael LaRosa, said in a tweet.

Biden made the comment Monday whereas addressing the annual convention of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights group.

“The diversity of this community — as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio — is your strength,” Biden mentioned.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists mentioned in an announcement that Biden’s comment demonstrated “a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region.”

“We are not tacos,” the assertion mentioned.

The comment additionally drew criticism from Republicans who’re attempting to construct new help with Hispanic voters in Texas this election cycle. The GOP had already criticized Biden’s look as a result of it got here at a luncheon whose identify included “Latinx,” a time period that many Hispanic Americans don’t choose, in accordance to polls.

“While the Democrat Party concerns itself with utilizing unpopular terms and reducing Hispanics to stereotypes, the GOP will continue to make inroads with the Hispanic community across the state,” Macarena Martinez, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, mentioned in an announcement.

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