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riversedge

(70,200 posts)
Mon Sep 19, 2016, 08:48 PM Sep 2016

Clinton campaign registers voters at taco trucks ---The Detroit News

Hope they were able to get lots registered last weekend



Clinton campaign registers voters at taco trucks

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/16/clinton-campaign-registers-voters-taco-trucks/90525532/


Candice Williams, The Detroit News 11:13 p.m. EDT September 16, 2016






(Photo: Max Ortiz / The Detroit News)

Detroit — Tacos and tostadas weren’t the only items on the menu Friday at several food trucks in southwest Detroit. Patrons of the tasty fare also had the opportunity to register to vote in an event held by Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

The effort, in a neighborhood with a largely Latino population, comes two weeks after a Donald Trump supporter remarked there would be “taco trucks on every corner” unless Mexican immigration was regulated, a comment that gained national attention.

The comment by Marco Gutierrez of Latinos for Trump on MSNBC sparked criticism and the use of taco trucks in voter registration drives and political protests.

Clinton’s campaign placed volunteers Friday at eight southwest Detroit taco trucks on Vernor Highway, Dix Avenue, Springwells, Olivet and Michigan Avenue.

“Our organizing events are part of a statewide effort to make sure that Michigan residents are registered to vote ahead of the October 11 deadline,.............................

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Clinton campaign registers voters at taco trucks ---The Detroit News (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2016 OP
K & R ...... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #1
Karma is wonderful. riversedge Sep 2016 #2
Hillaryous bmstee01 Sep 2016 #3

Wounded Bear

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 08:50 PM
Sep 2016

When that idiot babbled about "taco trucks on every corner" I assume he didn't think it would turn into a voter registration office on every corner.

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