CNN host Chris Cuomo blasted President Trump for posing in the Oval Office with Goya products.
During Wednesday night’s airing of Cuomo Prime Time, the network host railed against the president and his daughter, White House adviser Ivanka Trump, for posing with Goya products after the company’s CEO Robert Unanue lauded Trump as a “builder.”
“You tell me how a president in the middle of a pandemic has got time for this bullshit. Are you kidding me? Hawking products? Goya — I don’t care who it is. Resolute Desk? This is what he’s resolute about. Pandemic priorities? His daughter, Ivanka, top White House adviser. Are you kidding me? Marketing for a brand following calls for boycotts after Goya’s CEO heaped praise on Trump last week, on your dime, in the middle of a pandemic,” Cuomo said.
“They’re selling beans! Are you kidding me? Seriously! Seriously. This is not Left and Right. This is reasonable, my brothers and sisters. The guy is sitting on the Resolute Desk with a bunch of Goya products, proof positive of why we need many Faucis, but we only have one. Why? The idea of him messing with Fauci when he’s selling magic beans is crazy,” Cuomo continued.
Last week, Unanue praised Trump’s record following a White House roundtable with Latino leaders, after which his company became the target of boycotts pushed by leading Hispanic Democrats such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former presidential contender Julian Castro.
.@GoyaFoods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations.
Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products. #Goyaway https://t.co/lZDQlK6TcU
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) July 9, 2020
Both the president and his daughter posed with a variety of Goya products. “If it’s Goya, it has to be good,” Ivanka Trump tweeted in both English and Spanish.
Critics accused Trump of violating federal ethics law, which bars employees from using their platform in public office to endorse a private product.
Trump’s post showed him sitting in the Oval Office with five different products from the company but did not include a caption.
If it’s Goya, it has to be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. pic.twitter.com/9tjVrfmo9z— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 15, 2020
