Dominican-American running for Congress, Marco Gutierrez, told MSNBC’s Joy Reid that if Hillary Clinton won the vote, there would be taco trucks on every corner. His comment on live television prompted the trendy #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner hashtag, mocking the Latino politician and Trump's stance on immigration.

“It is imposing and it’s causing problems,” Gutierrez said. “If you’ll crane your neck all the way to the top of the page, you’ll see a taco truck lined up by a Denver councilman for goal of lunch and talk with passers-by about the stakes in this election”

Twitter user Bobby Gladd compared Gutierrez’s remarks to former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson’s comments about the crisis in Aleppo, Syria. Johnson asked on MSNBC, “What is Aleppo?” prompting social media users to mock him with the #WhatIsAleppo hashtag.

In another post, Twitter user Jeannine Love used the #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner hashtag to promote an idea of turning tack trucks into voter registration centers.

Some users poked fun at the idea of taco trucks and made it seem like it was a political discussion to be had.

“Americans would much rather enjoy #FoodTrucksOnEveryCorner rather than #TacoTrucksOnRveryCorner / just think of the variety and quality here,” Balloons4Hillary said.

“#TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner means lower property values and tears down the minority community with poor quality living,” Balloons4Hillary replied to that comment on a much serious note.

Gutierrez joined the in the social media conversation, mentioning Trump in the tweet.

“I see the rising of a great franchise opportunity with #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner @realDonaldTrump bringing jobs to the food industry already,” Marco4Trump tweeted.

Another user used the hashtag to take a jab at Johnson.

“Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president, doesn’t know what tacos al pastor are #TacosOnEveryCorner,” Jeronimo Saldana tweeted.

Twitter User Guzman labs made a fake presidential campaign poster, mocking Trump’s famous quote, “Make America great again.”

Gutierrez Speaks Up About #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner

Gutierrez, the founder of Latinos for Trump, told DW that he did not mean to ridicule his fellow Mexicans and that he will not apologize because he meant to say the comment.

“I wanted to describe something and I didn’t use the proper words to do it,” he said. “We Hispanics are very emotional, so I guess I hit a nerve.”

Gutierrez said he supports what Trump wants to do for the Mexican community in the U.S.

“We are a sub-culture within the American culture and I think that Trump is trying to put a little balance into that,” he said. “I came to this country to become an American. I didn’t come here to be a Mexican.”

He said he loves his heritage but “when in Rome do as the Romans do.”

“Many people ae asking me how someone that looks like me and talks like me can be backing Donald Trump,” Gutierrez said. “My answer is that I have six kids and I want a better future for them.”

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