"We're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder," Goya CEO Robert Unanue said at a White House meeting.
Goya, which says it's the nation's largest Hispanic-owned food brand, is facing a backlash after its chief executive met with and heaped praise on President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
School choice"is a great civil rights issue and may be the great one of our times," the president said. "We're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder," Unanue said at the White House. "President Trump has disrespected and attacked the Latino community since Day 1," she said."We call for a boycott of Goya Foods products and anyone who stands with Donald Trump and against our community."
Youth immigrant organization United We Dream said on Twitter that it supports boycotting Goya for normalizing relations with the White House.
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