Ivanka Trump is, currently, "under fire" following her infamous "Goya" post. After the Hispanic-owned company expressed its support toward the incumbent United States President, Donald Trump, both POTUS and his daughter shared a photo of them holding some of the brand's products.
Ivanka shared a photo of her holding a can of Goya black beans on Twitter. She also captioned the post stating that the product has to be good, "if it is Goya." As noted, the caption is both in English and Spanish.
Many reports have called the photo "bizarre," according to Fast Company. The primary reason behind this is that posting is, as what many have called it, "a violation of the Hatch Act." It is simply "not legal," some asserted.
The Hatch Act, as pointed out, "prohibits" White House staff from "endorsing" products, as well as "partisan causes." With Ivanka's photo and caption, many have agreed that she did violate the law.
But, aside from the "illegal" aspect of the matter, several netizens reportedly claimed that it is "bizarre" for the First Daughter to post something like this because it is a "memeable image," a blank template for memes. True enough, several Twitter users edited Ivanka Trump's Goya photo and created different kinds of memes on the platform.
The publication shared that the netizens placed several other images in her hand, where the Goya can is. Some of the images reportedly include photos of the current COVID-19 data, particularly the number of deaths and new cases.
While others seemingly made jokes through memes using the First Daughter's photo, many edited the photo that appears to have reinforced the public's anger and "political objects" toward the Trump administration.
Amid all the memes and jokes, though, White House spokesperson, Carolina Hurley "dismissed" the accusations against Ivanka Trump that she has violated the law, according to Global News. As reported, the spokesperson from the White House Communications wrote an official statement about the matter.
In the statement, she reportedly asserted that the media, alongside the "cancel culture movement," is the only thing that would slam the First Daughter for "showing her personal support" for Goya. As for Donald Trump, instead of clearing out the whole debacle, reports said that he posted his own photo with some of Goya's products on Instagram.
Aside from the uncaptioned photo, Ivanka Trump's father also shared a post on Twitter stating that Goya Foods is doing "great" because the Radical Left's "smear machine" has "backfired."
