Ocasio Cortez Boycott
WASHINGTON – Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue said Monday Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was selected as the company’s “employee of the month” earlier this year after she drew attention to the boycott against the company, and a spike in sales followed.
© Jacquelyn Martin, AP Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ORG XMIT: DCJM102- On Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about the boycott. Two years ago, Bodega owners across NYC (& cheered by neighbors)shut their shops citywide to protest Trump’s #MuslimBan. Today, that same community is banding together to reject sales of the NY Post at bodegas citywide.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., does a better job selling Goya than her radical agenda. According to the company’s CEO, her boycott of the brand was the gift no one saw coming.
Unanue was criticized in July for praising President Donald Trump during a visit to the White House.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was named Goya Foods's 'employee of the month' earlier this year after the company’s sales increased when the New York Democrat called for a boycott. Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue selected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as the company's 'employee of the month' earlier this year after she fanned the calls for a boycott of the ethnic food manufacturer and spiked its sales tenfold. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC). Green explained his decision to boycott the State of the Union on Twitter, saying he will not attend 'because of an impeached, reckless, ruthless, lawless.
'We're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder,' CEO Robert Unanue said during a speech after a roundtable with Trump and other Hispanic leaders.
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Goya Foods bills itself as the country's largest Hispanic-owned food company. Some Latinos expressed disappointment with the CEO's praise for a president who they say continuously attacks Latinos.
'Oh look, it's the sound of me Googling 'how to make your own Adobo,' Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter following the roundtable, later sharing an alternative recipe to the Adobo seasoning, which is part of the Goya brand – a well-known Latino household item.
Oh look, it’s the sound of me Googling “how to make your own Adobo” https://t.co/YOScAcyAnC
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 10, 2020Unanue, appearing on “The Michael Berry Show” on Monday, said Ocasio-Cortez 'was actually our employee of the month.'
“When she boycotted us, our sales actually increased 1,000%, so we gave her an honorary — we never were able to hand it to her — she got employee of the month for bringing attention to Goya and our adobo,” he claimed.
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Following the backlash, buying beans became somewhat of a political statement.
The president expressed his support for the company, tweeting,'I LOVE @GoyaFoods!' and posting a photo on Instagram that showed him giving two thumbs up while seated behind a row of Goya Foods products.
White House adviser, and the president's oldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, also posted an image of herself on Twitter holding aloft a can of Goya black beans.
The Trump's posts drew swift reaction on social media, including from several critics who maintained it was a violation of a rule that prohibits executive branch employees from using their position for the 'endorsement of any product, service or enterprise.'
Ocasio-Cortez also weighed in on the controversy with a play on the company's slogan.
'If it's Trump, it has to be corrupt,' she tweeted in Spanish.
Si es Trump, tiene que ser corrupto 💸 https://t.co/Ti3oxFO6oY
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 15, 2020Contributing: Jessica Flores, William Cummings, David Jackson USA TODAY
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