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Home Front: Politix
Donald Trump Pinatas for Sale in Mexico After Inflammatory Immigrant Remarks
2015-07-01
Donald Trump may soon be coming to a quinceanera near you.

Pinatas bearing the likeness of the billionaire mogul have begun popping up in Mexico, a response to controversial comments Trump made about Mexican immigrants.
Fair enough, and a much nicer response than, say, ISIS would have had to similar statements about them. Just remember that y'all don't get to actually vote in the presidential election north of the border, guys, k?
Dalton Ramirez, the artist responsible for the pinatas, said they are proving particularly popular with customers, as many want to bash Trump.

"The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems," Trump said during his Presidential campaign announcement speech. "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

In response, Spanish-language broadcaster Univision announced they would no longer be partnering with the Miss USA pageant, of which Trump is a producer.

"At Univision, we see first-hand the work ethic, love for family, strong religious values and the important role Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans have had and will continue to have in building the future of our country," the company said in a statement.

Trump subsequently sent a letter to the company's CEO Randy Falco, banning he and his employees from appearing on Trump's Miami properties, including Trump's golf course in Doral, Miami.
Well, that didn't take long!
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#12  Nah, I wouldn't hit it.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-07-01 14:13  

#11  For those of you who require a more piñatas please see below. I believe that is Bruce Caitlin Jenner on the right

Posted by: Slavitle Snoluter8340   2015-07-01 12:44  

#10  So his remarks hit a bit too close to the bone, eh?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-07-01 12:03  

#9  On behalf of John D. Rockefeller, who was a self-made and highly religious man who worked like a dog for most of his life, and spent the waning years of retirement ferociously giving away his wealth hand over fist (and was known for keeping a pocket full of silver dollars for handing to random children encountered during the day), I have to register great offense at his having been compared with that vulgar, grasping four-times-bankrupt asshole, Donald Trump.

I don't know if Trump has materially changed his miserly obnoxious pretenses at charity in the last four years, but the last time I checked, he was more fond of charity theatre and playacting than actually helping his fellow man or investing in the future or progress.

Now, mind you, Rockefeller did a fair deal of silly stuff with his charity money - it's pretty rare to find a philanthropist who doesn't end up investing in at least a few dogs and malignant anti-charitable causes - but he still tried like hell, whatever the Rockefeller Foundation got up to after his death.

We only know Donald Trump's name because of his family's money, and his willingness to trade on good-old-boy banking networks and utterly shameless crony-capitalist horsetrading with the corrupt political classes of the tri-state area.

Donald Trump is scum.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2015-07-01 12:02  

#8  Trump subsequently sent a letter to the company's CEO Randy Falco, banning he and his employees from appearing on Trump's Miami properties, including Trump's golf course in Doral, Miami.

Any other politician mealy mouthed weasel would have promptly issued an apology or otherwise tried to "walk back" his statement. I may have called Trump a buffoon but his whole approach to this affair is as refreshing as a cool breeze from the ocean.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-07-01 11:36  

#7  Someone has to make all those pinatas, so Trump is creating more jobs there too!
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2015-07-01 09:54  

#6  Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution -

Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualifications set forth in Article 30. They are entitled to the guarantees granted by Chapter I, Title I, of the present Constitution; but the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action.

Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.

Check up on how Mexico treats non-citizen illegally in their country. Thy name is hypocrite.

It has been in the interest and action of the ruling caste in Mexico to rid itself of large segments of its population, indios y mestizos, to avoid true political and economic reform and to avoid revolution.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-07-01 08:55  

#5  John D. Rockefeller was mocked and ridiculed as well. The tens of thousands who enjoyed employment in his highly successful Standard Oil Company were somewhat less critical.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-07-01 03:48  

#4  In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-07-01 03:12  

#3  Donald Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision on Tuesday for breach of contract and defamation, making good on last week's promise to punish the network for reneging on what he described as an "iron-clad" $13.5-million contract for broadcast rights to Trump's Miss Universe Organization pageants.


Donald Trump sues Univision for $500 million


$500 million..... ¡ay ay ay! that's a lot of Pinatas!
Posted by: junkiron   2015-07-01 01:08  

#2  What an idea for Shark Tank!
Posted by: newc   2015-07-01 00:56  

#1  I'm sure that "the Donald" will lose a lot of sleep over those Pinatas.

Mexico might want to consider all the Mexican workers employed by Trump's various properties. I'm sure that there are enough Puerto Ricans abandoning that Democratic hellhole to replace all the Mexican immigrants working as hotel staff at Trump properties.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2015-07-01 00:27  

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