Jill Biden Awarded Donkey Of The Day For Comparing Latino Diversity To San Antonio Breakfast Tacos

Jill Biden recently apologized for saying Latinos are “as unique” as San Antonio breakfast tacos during a speech she gave to the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization.

“The first lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community,” said Jill Biden’s spokesperson, Michael LaRosa via Twitter.

The first lady flew out to San Antonio to speak at the annual conference of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights and advocacy group formerly known as the National Council of La Raza.

But her attempt to compliment Latino diversity didn’t go over too good when she said that the community is “as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.”

She also badly mispronounced “bodegas”, small stores in urban areas usually specializing in Hispanic groceries.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists and others registered their offense on social media, with the journalists’ organization tweeting out, “We are not tacos.”

“Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region,” said the NAHJ.

The association made it clear that the first lady and her speechwriters should “take the time in the future to better understand the complexities of our people and communities.”

With that in mind, President Joe Biden recently awarded the former longtime leader of UnidosUS, Raul Yzaguirre, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for a civilian.