Two time presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had her alleged bottle of hot sauce, which she told a Black audience she kept in her purse at the ready. In 2016, as the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump plugged the Trump Tower Grill, Cinco de Mayo, and declared “I love Hispanics!” all in one tweet while grinning over a taco bowl. Now, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden has entered the pantheon of pandering infamy with her praise of Hispanic Americans as “unique as the breakfast tacos.”

On Monday, while her husband was reportedly gathering his strength ahead of his trek to the Middle East, Jill Biden was in San Antonio, Texas, attempting to energize Latino voters. Speaking to the 2022 UnidosUS Annual Conference on the Hispanic “Quest for Equity,” the community college professor praised “the diversity of this community — as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos.” With President Joe Biden’s job approval among Latino voters sinking to just 24% according to the most recent Quinnipiac poll, her remarks went over like a stale empanada. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists swiftly declared: “We are not tacos.” Texas Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw ventured that, “Jill Biden’s speech writer hates her so much.” Whatever its provenance, the breakfast taco debacle is undoubtedly causing the White House communications clean-up crew major heartburn. Dios mio!