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.
I will celebrate every time time Cinco millones de ilegales get the boot!
No. That would be Jimmy Carter & Barack Hussein Obama. Then
George Bush on the Mexican illegals problem maybe.
Winning
You got it. Thumbs up!
. . . . and the media to accuse the President of bigotry. Yawn
It is an obscure Mexican holiday promoted by beer companies.
I don’t have a problem with people celebrating it, but the WH is not beholden to celebrate it either.
and to promote immigration reform.
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Which we all know means amnesty for illegal aliens and the abandonment of the rule of law.
I’ll never fly that airline again. Too many passengers with chickens and baby goats in their carry-ons.
Exactly. A mexican once explained this on a talk show...that it was originally a minor holiday for a partiular region in Mexico...that got misundestood as a big deal by americans tryning to be culturally inclusive. Its ought be an embarassment to those making this error...but hive thinkers lose the capacity to be embarassed by reality as long as they conform to the hive thinking conception if it.
That’s Quantas, and it’s the baby kangaroos that are annoying.
Jorge Bush was trying to push for amnesty and completing his father’s plan to turn the USA into North Mexico.
He should hold July 4th celebrations ONLY. Assume everyone in the country is American and celebrate assimilation.
Rumor has it that in honor of Cinco de Mayo, Jeb offers 50% off of quacamole bowls.
I refuse to celebrate Stinko de Mayo.
“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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It isn’t. It’s an excuse to get drunk.
Zaragoza’s outnumbered forces were entrenched at Puebla de Los Angeles, and the French kept attacking. After losing over 500 men they just gave up and left. There was no rout, and the war drug on until the French found themselves with bigger fish to fry in Europe in 1867.
The Battle of Celaya would have been a much better thing to celebrate. It effectively ended Villa’s part in the Revolución of 1910, and was the real turning point to Obregón’s final victory. BUT, an awful lot of beer and tequila will be swilled and puked back up today...
More winning - why celebrate a fake Mexican holiday to cater to those who think it’s obscene for us to celebrate our 4th of July and display our flag?
(My Little Black Sambo book is well hidden Rescued it from the school library)
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