--- title: Donald Trump: Jeb Bush Criticizes 'Insensitive' Taco Tweet description: Jeb Bush criticized Donald Trump's Cinco de Mayo tweet in a new interview published Tuesday, saying it was "insensitive" canonical: https://time.com/4338730/jeb-bush-donald-trump-cinco-de-mayo-tweet/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-17T17:12:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:09.654Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush Criticizes Donald Trump's 'Insensitive' Taco Bowl Tweet og:description: "It’s like eating a watermelon and saying ‘I love African-Americans.’” og:url: https://time.com/4338730/jeb-bush-donald-trump-cinco-de-mayo-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd580d2a08f0cc2/698893780a4a225e499c9b03/jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5197 og:image:height: 2923 og:image:alt: Jeb Bush Campaigns With Mother Barbara Bush One Day Before SC Primary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush Criticizes Donald Trump's 'Insensitive' Taco Bowl Tweet twitter:description: "It’s like eating a watermelon and saying ‘I love African-Americans.’” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd580d2a08f0cc2/698893780a4a225e499c9b03/jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush Criticizes Donald Trump's 'Insensitive' Taco Bowl Tweet > Sponsored content. 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Sean Rayford/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 17, 2016 5:12 PM UTC Former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush criticized [Donald Trump’s Cinco de Mayo tweet](http://time.com/4320045/donald-trump-hispanics-tweet-taco-bowl-cinco-de-mayo/) in a [new interview published Tuesday](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-trump-cinco-de-mayo%5Fus%5F573b2849e4b077d4d6f4086d), arguing that it was akin to “eating a watermelon and saying ‘I love African-Americans.’” In the [tweet](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/728297587418247168?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw), Trump posted a picture of himself eating a taco bowl and wrote, “I love Hispanics!” His rhetoric about illegal immigration throughout his campaign has [made him unpopular](http://time.com/4303895/trump-latino-vote-poll/) among Hispanic voters. Bush, whose wife is from Mexico, is the former governor of Florida, which has a large Hispanic population. In the interview this weekend with Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, the complete transcript of which was provided to the _Huffington Post_, Bush called Trump’s tweet “insensitive” and said he is “uncertain” if the Republican party will survive now that Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee. “First, not all Hispanics are Mexican,” Bush said in the interview. “Secondly, not all Hispanics eat tacos. Thirdly, showing your sensitivity by eating an American dish is the most insensitive thing you can do. Fourthly, to say this, next to all things he already said, is a further insult. It’s like eating a watermelon and saying ‘I love African-Americans.’” Trump defended the tweet in interviews after he posted it. “I had 59,000 retweets—59,000 in a short period,” he [said on Fox News](https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/728550249912934400). “People loved it, and you know what? I’m going to do great with the Hispanics.” Bush, who [ended his presidential bid](http://time.com/4231664/jeb-bush-drops-out-president/) in February and [endorsed Ted Cruz](http://time.com/4268888/jeb-bush-endorses-ted-cruz/) in March, has been vocal about his disapproval of Trump. His father and brother, both former presidents, [have also said they won’t endorse](http://time.com/4318875/george-jeb-bush-donald-trump-endorse/) the businessman. “This guy,” Bush said. “If we lose in November, we Republicans have ourselves to blame.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/728297587418247168) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4338730/jeb-bush-donald-trump-cinco-de-mayo-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4338730/jeb-bush-donald-trump-cinco-de-mayo-tweet/"},"headline":"Jeb Bush Criticizes Donald Trump's 'Insensitive' Taco Bowl Tweet","datePublished":"2016-05-17T17:12:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:09.654Z","description":"\"It’s like eating a watermelon and saying ‘I love African-Americans'\"","url":"https://time.com/4338730/jeb-bush-donald-trump-cinco-de-mayo-tweet/","keywords":["jeb bush","2016 Election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd580d2a08f0cc2/698893780a4a225e499c9b03/jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd580d2a08f0cc2/698893780a4a225e499c9b03/jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jeb Bush Campaigns With Mother Barbara Bush One Day Before SC Primary","caption":"Jeb Bush Campaigns With Mother Barbara Bush One Day Before SC Primary","creditText":"Sean Rayford/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/jeb-bush/","name":"jeb bush"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4338730/jeb-bush-donald-trump-cinco-de-mayo-tweet/","name":"Jeb Bush Criticizes Donald Trump's 'Insensitive' Taco Bowl Tweet"}}]}] ```