Ivanka’s tweet, in which she is seen holding a can of Goya black beans, collected more than 35,000 retweets.
US Presidential Advisor Ivanka Trump went on Twitter Tuesday to support Goya Foods after the largest Hispanic food company in the United States became the target of a social media boycott campaign sparked by effusive praise from its CEO for President Donald Trump.
“If it’s Goya, it must be good,” said Ivanka, daughter of Donald Trump, who tweeted the company’s slogan in English and then repeated it in Spanish Tuesday night.
If it’s Goya, it must be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. pic.twitter.com/9tjVrfmo9z– Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 15, 2020
Ivanka’s tweet, in which she is seen holding a can of Goya black beans, garnered over 35,000 retweets and 62,000 likes in just over 4 hours.
However, his comments could violate government ethics rules prohibiting the use of the public service to endorse products or advance personal gain. The US Bureau of Government Ethics did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway was criticized in 2017 after appearing to be violating similar federal ethics when she said on television that Americans should “go buy Ivanka’s stuff”.
The White House took no disciplinary action against Conway even after calls from the ethics watchdog.
In an interview with Fox News last week, Conway exposed the controversy over Goya Foods. “It’s just a shame that people are making it just as politicized, including food,” she said.
The hashtags #Goyaway and #BoycottGoya followed the trend on Twitter after Robert Unanue, CEO of the New Jersey-based company, appeared with Trump in the White House on Thursday for the signing of a decree creating an advisory group to stimulate Hispanic prosperity.
“We are all really blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder, and that is what my grandfather did,” said Unanue, who is the third generation of his family. to run the business.
On Friday, Trump himself weighed in on the dispute, simply writing on Twitter: “I LOVE @GoyaFoods!”
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