Ivanka Trump Holding Goya Beans Can

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Ivanka Trump Holding Goya Beans Can refers to a tweet by President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump holding a can of Goya black beans. She made the post in July 2020 amid a controversy regarding the Goya company's praise of President Trump, which led to a boycott of the product.

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On July 14th, 2020, Ivanka Trump tweeted ^[1] a photograph of herself holding a can of Goya black beans with the caption, "If it's Goya, it has to be good. Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno." The post received more than 36,000 likes, 24,000 comments and 22,000 likes in less than two hours (shown below).

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Following the post, numerous people began mocking Trump, accusing her of corruption for allegedly violating the Hatch Act due to the photograph and making edits of the image. U.S. congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted,^[2] "Si es Trump, tiene que ser corrupto" (translation: "If it's Trump, he has to be corrupt"). The post received more than 415,000 likes and 80,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).

Reporter Andrew Feinberg accused Trump of violating the Hatch Act, a federal law barring the president's employees from promoting products. He tweeted,^[3] "An Assistant to the President is violating the Hatch Act before our eyes. Again." The tweet received more than 27,000 likes and 7,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, center).

Some made jokes about the photograph. Twitter^[4] user @Crawf33 edited the picture into an image of a movie theater playing Cars 2, referencing the This Nigga Eating Beans meme. The post received more than 2,300 likes and 690 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the photograph, including New York,^[5] FastCompany,^[6] Fox News, ^[7] Business Insider,^[8] NBC,^[9] Forbes,^[10] eBaum's World^[11] and more.