Article 61C9H ‘We are not tacos’: Jill Biden criticized over Latino Americans remark

‘We are not tacos’: Jill Biden criticized over Latino Americans remark

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Erum Salam
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First lady likened the diversity of Latino community to breakfast tacos, as Republicans quickly seized on her comment

Jill Biden has apologized for remarks in a speech to the civil rights and advocacy organization UnidosUS in which she likened the diversity of Latino Americans to breakfast tacos.

Speaking in Texas on Monday, the first lady said: 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."

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