Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016
Because when one thinks of Hispanics, of course, one thinks of tacos. That’s what their culture is all about, right? Tacos?
The number of things wrong with this tweet is astounding. Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday. Taco bowls aren’t Mexican, nor is Trump Tower Grill. And in my experience, Mexicans prefer to be called “Latinos”, not “Hispanics”.
No matter. This isn’t an outreach to “Hispanics” anyway; it’s an outreach to Trump’s white base. They don’t like being painted as bigots and racists by policies like “the wall” and believing that the Mexican immigrants are “rapists”,etc. So they say, “I’m not racist! I love tacos!” It’s basically an affirmation to Trump’s voters that they aren’t racists.
UPDATE: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus responds to Trump’s tweet:
“He’s trying. Honestly, he’s trying,” Priebus told Politico’s Mike Allen at a breakfast event on Friday. “I honestly think he understands that building and unifying and growing the party is the only way we’re going to win. I think he gets that.”
Yes, he’s trying not to be a bigot.
Listen, if that’s how you describe the actions of your party’s nominee, then your party has a problem.