Taco trucks have become the center of attention this week in the race for the White House.
It all started when Marco Gutierrez, the founder of “Latinos for Trump”, painted a picture of what America would look like without a Trump presidency and the republican’s harsh immigration policies.
“My culture is a very dominate culture. And it’s imposing, and it’s causing problems,” Gutierrez said during an interview with MSNBC. “If you don’t do something about it, you are going to have taco trucks on every corner.”
People quickly turned to social media to react to the comments, using “#TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner”. Some ridiculed the Trump supporter and called the comments “offensive” and “racist”. Others poked fun at the idea, saying taco trucks on every corner is the best idea the GOP has ever had.
“I wasn’t offended. I felt like they were twisting and turning his words,” Rebecca Luna with Latinas for Trump said. “ That guy that said that, he isn’t running for president. You can’t be accountable for what everybody says.
However not all Texas Latinos were as willing to brush aside the Taco comments as easily as Luna. Some are fighting back with a new phrase, “#GuacTheVote”.
The campaign was launched by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, hoping to turn taco trucks into mobile voter registration stations and encourage Hispanic business owners to register to vote.
“They are taking action and control of this situation. So more power to it,” Mark Madrid, President and CEO of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce said. “I’d be happy to go get a taco and try to convince somebody to vote, and that’s that they are doing, they are stepping in. They are not only drivers of the American economy, but they’ll be drivers of voting.”
Madrid said the fastest growing entrepreneurial sector in Texas is the Hispanic business owner. He said a high turnout in November from the Hispanic population will have a huge impact on which way Texas votes and could even put an end to the state’s “red” voting streak.
