LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – Former Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee celebrated Cinco De Mayo by tweeting about guzzling salsa and watching Speedy Gonzales cartoons, and now faces a backlash in the social media world.
Huckabee, the former Governor of Arkansas, tweeted:
“For Cinco de Mayo I will drink an entire jar of hot salsa and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak Spanish all day. Happy CdMayo!”
The backlash mounted in the hours following the curious post with at least 9,000 responses; some called Huckabee’s tweet “casual racism” while others threw in the mix attacks on Huckabee’s White House spokesperson daughter Sarah and reminders of how Huckabee’s son might have tortured a dog at a boy scout camp years ago.
Huckabee hit back, though, tweeting:
“To humorless trolls who soiled themselves re: my earlier tweet-stop following me;follow someone sensitive and kind like Stephen Colbert”
For Cinco de Mayo I will drink an entire jar of hot salsa and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak Spanish all day. Happy CdMayo!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017
To humorless trolls who soiled themselves re: my earlier tweet-stop following me;follow someone sensitive and kind like Stephen Colbert
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017
Proud of daughter Sarah subbing at WH press briefing today. Her Dad thinks she crushed it! Hey I'm as unbiased as the media! pic.twitter.com/txXD10ocMf
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) May 5, 2017
