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Taco truck tweets fly after warning from Trump surrogate

“And I think what people want to know is not what some first-time surrogate fumbled, what they want to know about is who is going to help people who want to start taco trucks”. “And it is imposing, and it is causing problems”.

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On Thursday night on MSNBC, Latinos for Trump co-founder Marco Gutierrez warned of the impending hordes of Mexican food truck operators should Hillary Clinton win the presidency.

The remark, which was widely mocked, has ended up as fodder for Democratic attacks.

Oh, no, here come the taco trucks!

Actress Eva Longoria tweeted, “What’s wrong with #TacoTrucksonEvereyCorner and encouraged fans to use her taco truck emoji”. In this case, the worry is that America’s apparently great culture will be replaced by a supposedly criminal Mexican culture, in Trump’s view. Who looks at a taco truck and feels threatened?

Colorado’s got company when it comes to states with taco truck retorts.

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We’re salivating at just the thought of griddle-cooked meat pocketed within doubled-up corn tortillas, in ideal proportion to the finely chopped onion and bits of bright cilantro, served alongside a wedge of lime, slivers of radish, perhaps a grilled spring onion, and the accompanying sauces, Christmas-colored epitomes of good things in small packages. Or maybe Gutierrez doesn’t even know what he’s trying to say-he sounds like a desperate man frantically blowing into a defective dog whistle. Trump emphasized a stronger border security and the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants already in the country. “We’d likely need to increase immigration levels just to meet the demand”.

Latinos For Trump Founder Warns Of 'Taco Trucks On Every Corner' If Trump Loses