Hillary Clinton’s final push as Election Day nears features an aggressive attempt to lock down the crucial vote Latino, including by claiming that her favorite food is Mexican and that her granddaughter is already learning Spanish.
“I think it would be Mexican food,” Clinton told the Univision Show “El Gordo y La Flaca” (translation: “The Fat Man & The Thin Lady”).
In an article this year for “Thrillist,” detailing her favorite restaurants in the state of the New York, Clinton listed Rao’s (Italian), Northern Lights Creamery (gelato ice cream), Lange’s Little Store (sandwiches), Charlie The Butcher’s (meat) and others.
But she didn’t list a single Mexican establishment.
“I have to watch portions. I have to watch what I eat,” she told Univision, saying “the problem never goes away.”
Clinton told the hosts that her 2-year-old granddaughter Charlotte, Chelsea’s oldest child, is learning Spanish.
The Democratic presidential candidate — who turned 69 on Wednesday — received a bottle of tequila as an early birthday gift.
In a radio interview in April with a hip-hop morning show, Clinton said that she carries “hot sauce” in her purse — wherever she goes.
The comment was largely seen as pandering to the African American community she was courting throughout the Democratic primary election.