[3] He gained significant media attention in September 2016 when he said on MSNBC that the spread of Latino culture in the United States, if it was not stopped, would lead to "taco trucks on every corner".
His remarks subsequently met with both sarcasm and criticism, many mocking the statement on social media and sending #TacosOnEveryCorner to the top of Twitter's list of trending topics.
[4] Others expressed concern over his remarks, stating that he was using "coded language that politicians and pundits use to get away with explicitly racist messages — from crime to immigration and terrorism".
Taco trucks were used as voter registration-information booths in Houston Texas, and a nationwide Guac the Vote campaign was launched.
[5] National Public Radio (NPR) news wrote that taco trucks "now straddle the worlds of political symbol and internet meme".