Not even a taco bowl in this White House
by digby
President Trump has cancelled the the 17th annual White House Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Instead of the prominent festivities of recent years, which have been headlined by the President of the United States, the event is being moved to an as yet undetermined location. La Opinión, a Spanish-language news outlet, reports that Vice President Pence will attend the event and Trump will skip it entirely.
The White House has not made an official announcement and has declined to comment on its unprecedented decision to cancel a regular celebration for one of America’s rich minority cultures.
In President Obama’s final year in office, the 500-attendee Cinco de Mayo celebration featured live music by the Mexican band Mana and food from celebrity chef Johnny Hernandez.
It turns out that Trump assigned Pence to meet with their one Hispanic cabinet member at a reception last night. So it's all good.
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