Ivanka Trump weighed in on the Goya Foods controversy on Tuesday night, publicly endorsing the brand in a now viral social media post after liberals called for a boycott of the canned bean producer.
President Trump’s first daughter and senior adviser tweeted a photo of her holding a can of black beans with the caption: “If it’s Goya, it has to be good.”
“If it’s Goya, it has to be good,” he added in Spanish.
The food brand has faced a backlash supported by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Latino leaders after CEO Robert Unanue praised the president last week.
“We are all truly blessed at the same time for having a leader like President Trump, who is a builder,” Unanue said at an event in the Rose Garden at the White House, where the president signed an executive order on the “White Hispanic Household Prosperity Initiative “
Fierce criticism and boycott threats came on Twitter, and users reminded Unanue of the story of Trump’s controversial comments, such as calling some undocumented Mexican immigrants “rapists” in 2015, and his hard-line policies toward immigration. illegal from Mexico.
But a defiant Unanue defended his right to freedom of expression and refused to apologize.
“We were part of a commission called the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative and they asked us to be there to see how we could help educational and economic opportunities for prosperity among Hispanics and among the United States,” said Unanue to Fox News last week.
He called the boycott, which had been trending on Twitter, “suppression of speech,” noting that he had previously been invited to the White House by the Obama administration during Hispanic Heritage Month.
“So, can you speak well or praise a president, but you cannot help in economic and educational prosperity? And you make a positive comment and suddenly it’s not acceptable, “said Unanue.
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