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Who is Robert Unanue? Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Instagram, Net Worth

Robert Unanue Wiki – Biography

Robert Unanue Goya Foods CEO turned some heads Thursday when, at a White House event, he said, “We are all truly blessed … to have a leader like President Trump.”

Twitter lit up, with a number of influencers and heads of Latino-focused voters’ rights organizations urging people to stop buying from the Latin American-focused food giant.

Unanue “thinks we’re ‘blessed to have a leader’ who’s letting this pandemic kill us, cage our children, and constantly dehumanizes us,” Voto Latino tweeted. “Yo Goya, tell your man to stop praising a racist. Latinos made him and his family rich by buying Goya products for decades.”

Unanue was at the White House to meet with Trump and other Hispanic business and political leaders before Trump signed an executive order called the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative.

Robert Unanue Age

Robert Unanue’s age is unclear.

Unanue Praised Trump as a ‘Leader’ & a ‘Builder,’ Comparing the President To His Immigrant Grandfather

Trump opened his round table discussion by telling the Hispanic leaders gathered — including Unanue, Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez, Waypointe Investment Group founder Lourdes Aguirre and pro-Trump commentator Steve Cortes — that he has “done really well with Hispanics.”

“We like them, they like me and we’ve helped them a lot with the jobs,” Trump said, according to the White House transcript. “Whether it’s jobs, education or so many other things, it’s been really good.”

Most around the table praised Trump in their remarks, in what has been widely reported as an informal tradition at the president’s cabinet meetings and round tables since he first took office.

Nuñez lauded Trump for championing “faith, freedom, and future,” and Aguirre called the president the “beacon of hope for the Hispanic community.” Unanue also told Trump, “You’re an incredible builder,” according to the transcript.

The televised signing ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, however, drew the most attention, with Unanue effusively praising Trump at the podium.

“We’re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder,” Unanue said. “And that’s what my grandfather did. He came to this country to build, to grow, and to prosper. And we have an incredible builder and we pray, we pray for our leadership, our president and for our country, that we continue to prosper and to grow.”

Unanue’s grandfather, Don Prudencia Unanue, migrated from Spain to Puerto Rico, then to New York City, where he would found Goya Foods in 1936, according to the company website.

Unanue’s Comments Were Swiftly

Immigrant rights activist Juan Escalante said, “No apology from [Goya Foods] will be sufficient to erase today’s comments.” He then referenced the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policies, including family separation for some asylum seekers from Mexico and South America, which was official United States policy in 2018, according to the New York Times.

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“If Goya cares about the Hispanic/Latinx community (and really wants to apologize), then they better start by sending food to asylum seekers at the border and feed every single immigrant Trump has detained,” Escalante continued.

Actor Kirk Acevedo also urged Hispanic shoppers to boycott Goya products.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested that Hispanic Americans might consider making their own seasonings rather than buying from the food giant.

Meanwhile, Nicaraguan American commentator Ana Navarro-Cárdenas, a frequent Trump critic, urged angry Goya consumers to donate to food banks, rather than throwing away the company’s products, insisting, that Unanue has “every right to his opinion.”

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