:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/bloomberglinea/SOJGJVF3IJBCDBI5S6IM5YYLGM.jpg "Latino and Hispanic voters are a growing demographic and key to efforts by Democrats to hold onto control of the US Senate and House in 2022.")
Bloomberg — First lady Jill Biden apologized on Tuesday for comments at an event comparing members of the Latino community to traditional food.
On Monday, Biden praised the UnidosUS president, Raul Yzaguirre, who “helped build this organization with the understanding that 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.”
San Antonio is more than 60% Latino or Hispanic.
Republicans quickly jumped on to mock her comments with Senator Marco Rubio of Florida making his Twitter profile a taco and Texas’s Ted Cruz highlighting the comments and tweeting, “personally, I’m a chorizo, egg & cheese.”
On Tuesday, her press secretary, Michael LaRosa, tweeted that Biden “apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community.”
Latino and Hispanic voters are a growing demographic and key to efforts by Democrats to hold onto control of the US Senate and House in 2022. Polls have shown the traditionally Democratic constituency is shifting to Republican candidates.
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