Goya Foods CEO falsely says election was illegitimate, Trump is 'the real, the legitimate, and the s

[pppolitics]

Washington (CNN) The chief executive officer of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue, made a series of false claims about the 2020 election at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday -- a little more than a month after the company board took action to limit his polarizing public political remarks.

In 2020, Unanue's compliments of then-President Donald Trump generated controversy and calls for a boycott of Goya, which markets itself as "the premier source for authentic Latino cuisine."

After Unanue questioned the legitimacy of the election in a Fox Business interview in January 2021, Goya's board voted to prevent Unanue from speaking to the media without board permission, according to a source familiar with the board's action.

On Sunday, though, Unanue appeared on the CPAC stage in Orlando and said: "It's just an honor to be here. But my biggest honor today is gonna be that -- I think we're gonna be on the same stage -- as, in my opinion, the real, the legitimate, and the still actual president of the United States, Donald J. Trump."

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/28/politics/fact-check-goya-unanue-election-cpac/index.html

[Progressive Pessimist]

The GOP is setting a world record with staying in the denial stage of grief for so long. I would dismiss it as pathetic if we didn't already have evidence of how dangerous it is.

[pppolitics]

Goya’s board voted last month to prevent its CEO from making media appearance without permission, so I am wondering why he is still talking.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/26/business/goya-ceo-robert-unanue-silenced/index.html

[Hermit For Peace]

Must be nice to live in your own reality and not have to be accountable for it.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Goya bump!

[Joe Biden 2024]

Soon to be former CEO.

[Santander]

One of the few FFs remaining in America.

[Bootes Void]

will the board members vote to fire the CEO? they clearly wouldnt this guy representing them anymore

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

It's amazing how Republicans don't realize how sad and pathetic all of this stuff looks.

[7,052,770]

It's amazing how Republicans don't realize how sad and pathetic all of this stuff looks.

Yeah, if Trump had conceded on 11/7 and graciously transitioned to Biden, he would have an opening to try to run again in 2024. But it's pretty obvious that he'd be a huge underdog now, and even worse for Republicans, their coddling of him makes it fairly likely that he's the 2024 nominee.

Of course, November 2024 is an eternity away and Americans' memories are short, but as of right now, the Republican Party has willfully screwed itself with the clear majority of Americans to protect the fragile feelings of a minority of Americans.

[brucejoel99]

If nothing else, this event has been a f**king goldmine for stupid-ass headlines.