Posted on 05/05/2017 6:31:11 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler
President Trump is doing away with the White House Cinco de Mayo celebration, a 16-year-old tradition, Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion reported Wednesday.
Instead of a White House celebration this year, one headlined by Vice President Pence will be held at a to-be-determined location and with a reduced guest list, the report said.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment and has not issued an official announcement of any planned events for the holiday.
Both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama used Cinco de Mayo to connect with the Hispanic community — inviting Cabinet members, Latino celebrities and Mexican Embassy officials to the White House — and to promote immigration reform.
Last year, Obama had 500 guests, food catered by San Antonio celebrity chef Johnny Hernandez and music by Mexican pop band Mana.
Trump, then the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, famously celebrated Cinco de Mayo last year by tweeting a picture of himself with a taco bowl from Trump Grill in New York City, with a caption reading: “Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!”
Democrats and Latinos bashed Trump's taco bowl tweet, but then-Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus defended Trump's efforts at Hispanic outreach.
"Honestly, he's trying, and I'll tell you what — I honestly think he understands that building, unifying and growing the party is the only way we are going to win," Priebus, now Trump's White House chief of staff, said the day after the tweet.
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the May 5, 1862, Battle of Puebla, in which Mexican forces routed an invading French army. The holiday is observed but not celebrated in Mexico, but it's taken on a symbolic status for Mexican-Americans and Latinos in the United States.
Mexicans in Mexico don’t even celebrate this.
Jorge Bush started this crap.
Not even a real holiday anyway. Just an excuse for gringos to drink.
It’s not a real holiday, kinda like Quanza
Bueno!
Right, even Mexico doesn’t celebrate it.
>>Not even a real holiday anyway. Just an excuse for gringos to drink.
And Trump doesn’t drink alcohol.
The Ballad of Pancho López--Lalo Guerrero (1955)
May 5th is the Karl Marx’s birthday celebration by the useful fool lefties .
The very first Earth Day was on Lenin’s 100th birthday .. a coincidence, too.
Better the Hispanic community assimilate.
We do not so honor any other ethnic group.
Let them have a Mexican parade in L.A. like the Irish do in Boston and let the Marixxxx infiltrate.
Looking forward to him NOT mentioning kwanzaa too.
“— and to promote immigration reform.”
Which was never done, so celebrating this mythical holiday was a waste of time.
BUILD THE WALL
Instead, the White House will celebrate “Cinco de Porto.”
¡Arriba!
The two WORST presidents of the past one hundred years.
Why should President Trump want to continue a "tradition" begun by those two losers?
Saw an odd sign in the grocery store today.
Listed Mother’s Day and the date.
Below it was:
Hispanic Mother’s Day, and the date was different from the US date.
If Clinton won would Sharia Sundays be far behind?
Good. Let the infantile left pimp to minority groups.
Stinky Gringo Margaritas Mix should be banned
Cinco de Deporto
“Cinco de Mayo celebrates the May 5, 1862, Battle of Puebla, in which Mexican forces routed an invading French army.”
Why on earth is this a cause for celebration?
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