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#TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner is a hashtag that emerged following Latinos for Trump founder Marco Gutierrez' claim in an MSNBC interview that his Latino culture was "dominant" and "imposing," and that if nothing was done about it, there would be "taco trucks on every corner."

Origin

On September 1st, 2016, Gutierrez appeared on MSNBCs All In with Chris Hayes to discuss Trump's comments made during an immigration speech on August 31st, 2016.^[1] While discussing "problems" faced by America, correspondent Joy Ann Reid pushed Gutierrez to clarify "What problems?" Gutierrez responded:

"My culture is a very dominant culture, and it is imposing, and it is causing problems. If you don't do something about it you are going to have taco trucks on every corner."

Spread

Social media picked up on the quote shortly after Gutierrez' comments. The All In With Chris Hayes Twitter ^[2] account posted the clip at 9:36 pm that evening. The following morning, the hashtag "#TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner" trended on Twitter^[3] as users jokingly celebrated the promise of widespread taco truck availability.

The Daily Dot,^[4] NPR,^[5] Huffington Post,^[6] Salon,^[7] Vox,^[9] and more covered the spread of #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner. The Washington Post^[8] jokingly investigated the economic implications of having a taco truck on every corner.

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