Advocates Send Clear Message to Sen. Richard Burr: Latino, APIA, and Immigrant Voters Will Boycott #TrumpsParty in November
Today, Donald Trump is meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. On the very same day, the Senate carry out is serving taco salad bowls for lunch—a fitting reminder of the recent “hispandering” that Trump, the most anti-immigrant and xenophobic presidential candidate in modern U.S. history, has engaged in. As Republican politicians increasingly line up in support of Trump as their Party’s presumptive nominee, immigration advocates are delivering taco bowls to the office of Senator Burr and other key Senators and House Members planning to stand alongside Trump in November.
Advocates delivered taco bowls bearing the message: “Latino, APIA, and immigrant voters will never forget who stood with Donald Trump. #TrumpsParty,” reminding those Members of Congress that Latino and immigrant voters don’t take Donald Trump’s racism and extremism lightly, and won’t forget those who went along with his candidacy in November.
Just last week, Senator Burr stated that he “looks forward to working with Mr Trump,” a clear sign that if he is reelected, he would support Trump’s efforts to deport millions of immigrant families, bar muslims from entering the US, and build a massive wall at the Southern border. Burr’s support for Trump is not surprising given his votes against comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, and his efforts to deport DREAMers and their parents by voting to eliminate the DACA and DAPA programs.
The groups delivering the taco bowls today were among those involved in delivering cantaloupes to 224 House members who voted with Steve King to defund DACA in 2013 and Thanksgiving dinner to GOP House leadership in 2013. Actions like the one today are a welcome reminder to Republican politicians that the same immigrants they are pledging to deport, are often the ones putting food on their table.
Said Timothy Eakins, Director of North Carolina’s Voice, “Senator Richard Burr has made it clear that he’s with Trump, so he should enjoy this taco bowl we’re dropping off today. While he’s eating it, I hope Senator Burr thinks about the men and women who harvested the tomatoes and lettuce, prepared the meat and fried the shell, and put it all together for him. Many of them are immigrants. If Trump is elected and Burr is re-elected, these immigrants could be deported. That’s the stark choice we face in this election. Latino, APIA, and immigrant voters are not going to sit by while the Party of Trump denigrates them, diminishes their contributions, and deports their loved ones.”
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Taco bowls were delivered to the offices of the following members:
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) , Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. David Valadao (R-CA), Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), and Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO).