If there’s one thing that makes me happy despite all the bad news, it’s that people aren’t taking it laying down anymore. Pushback is much more common these days:
A Connecticut mayor who sparked a firestorm of criticism for quipping “I might have tacos” when interviewed by a TV reporter about the arrest of four town police officers accused of racially profiling and bullying Latino residents got more than he bargained for.
More than 2,000 tacos were delivered to the office of East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo on Thursday, ordered by people who found his comments insensitive racially offensive. The send-the-mayor-a-taco campaign, which took off via tweets, cellphone texts and social-media shares, was organized by Reform Immigration for America, a group that advocates comprehensive immigration reform.
A bulk order of 500 tacos was hand-delivered to the mayor’s office by members of Junta for Progressive Action, a Latino nonprofit in New Haven, Conn. Others texted in individual orders.
I feel like an idiot, but I need some footnotes. I can’t even figure out what the mayor was thinking. Why did he think it was funny to talk about tacos when his officers are being arrested for abuse? Is he saying that by eating some tacos he’ll have been chummy enough with the Latino community to make it all okay again? ?? That seems too far-fetched to be possible.
Quixote: Is he saying that by eating some tacos he’ll have been chummy enough with the Latino community to make it all okay again? ??
Yes, I think that’s what he meant. I watched the video clip and he just kept digging himself deeper and deeper into the hole. By the end of it I had a feeling of he thought he was responding to a question of “what will you do know” to which he wanted to answer “go to Disney World.” He needs a better PR adviser.