Hispanic Group Fires Back After Jill Biden Compares Latinos to ‘Tacos’
First lady's office later apologizes for the speech
First Lady Jill Biden speaks at the unveiling of the Met Museum Costume Institute's exhibit "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" in New York on May 2, 2022. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
First Lady Jill Biden received criticism from a Hispanic organization on Monday for comparing the Hispanic community to tacos, prompting her to apologize.
Biden made an appearance at a San Antonio event called the “LatinX IncluXion” luncheon, which uses the often-ridiculed term “latinx.”
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