Mike Huckabee fancies himself a comedian, but few people are laughing at his Cinco de Mayo tweet.The holiday commemorates the day Mexican troops defeated French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. But the former Arkansas governor decided not to honor that battle for freedom, instead choosing to reference lazy stereotypes:For Cinco de Mayo I will drink an entire jar of hot salsa and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak Spanish all day. Happy CdMayo! Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017 Some people seeSpeedy Gonzales as a stereotypical portrayal of Mexicans, though his cartoons are popular in Latin America.Accordingly,Huckabees rude tweet quickly earned the ire of Twitter.Some were rightfully upset at Huckabees ignorance and disrespect:@GovMikeHuckabee If that's the only thing you know about my culture, you've lived a very, very sad life. Gabriel Sama (@gabosama) May 5, 2017 We don't "drink" an entire jar of salsa' Speedy Gonzales is a racist cartoon' and you said you don't speak Spanish. https://t.co/qdHZPrZcaN https://t.co/TPcet8UP1E Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) May 5, 2017 Others had a simple suggestion.Deport Huckabee. Stephen Falk (@stephenfalk) May 5, 2017 And other Twitter users thought Huckabee should stick to what he knows.@GovMikeHuckabee stick to celebrating your people's culture of wearing khakis from Sears and taking rights away from minorities. Dan Ozzi (@danozzi) May 5, 2017 @jgrebes @GovMikeHuckabee Unfortunately, he has a pre-existing condition called "being a jackass". Sadly, GOP made it nearly impossible 4 him to get treatment 4 it pic.twitter.com/706xYrQWFM Bruinlover (@bruinlover09) May 5, 2017 Then again, some suggested, maybe he just needs some attention.Mike Huckabee says racist and stupid things because that's the only way his irrelevant ass can get attention these days. Gabe Ortz (@TUSK81) May 5, 2017 Huckabee seems unlikely to ever admit his self-described tongue-in-cheek tweets are offensive.A couple of his other jokes include labeling journalists pot smokers and taking jabs at Sen. Chuck Schumer after the Democrat teared up during a press conference:It's April 20, the national holiday for pot smokers, so don't expect too much news from liberal media outlets today.https://t.co/Ea1aacXNia Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 20, 2017 Breaking news from Hollywood! Sen. Chuck Schumer cast in lead role for remake of "Boys Don't Cry." Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) February 5, 2017 I find Twitter amusing to me, he told Yahoo News last month. And so I share it, and a lot of people ' you know, most of my humor is what I call groan humor, groaning people, oh boy. Groaning, g-r-o-a-n. Intentionally. Its just sort of the kind of stuff that causes people to just maybe smile but theyre in on the joke, they get it, that its intended, tongue-in-cheek.function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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