Taco truck tweets fly after warning from Trump surrogate

Published September 2, 2016 4:04pm ET



A battle over taco trucks erupted on Twitter Friday, after a Mexican-born Donald Trump supporter warned that a failure to block the influx of illegal immigrants would result “in taco trucks [on] every corner” in the United States.

The hashtag #TacosTrucksOnEveryCorner began trending on Twitter in response to Latinos for Trump co-founder Marco Gutierrez saying on MSNBC that his “culture is a dominant culture, and it’s imposing and it’s causing problems. If you don’t do something about it, you’re gonna have taco trucks [on] every corner.”

Several tweets playfully bashed Gutierrez for suggesting that being invaded by taco trucks would be anything less than idyllic.


Actor Tommy Chong, famous for his marijuana-themed sketches as half of the Cheech & Chong comedy duo, expressed his support for the quintessential stoner food.


Others suggested that a pro-taco policy be adopted into each major party presidential candidate’s platform.


Another posted a short clip of a taco truck flying through the air over the impenetrable border wall Donald Trump has promised he would build if elected president to reach hungry Americans on the other side.