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Let the Donald Trump bashing begin – Mexican artisan launches pinata Let the Donald Trump bashing begin – Mexican artisan launches piñata
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After Donald Trump’s Mexico-bashing comments this week, Mexicans are engaging in a little Trump-bashing of their own.After Donald Trump’s Mexico-bashing comments this week, Mexicans are engaging in a little Trump-bashing of their own.
Artisan Dalton Avalos Ramirez has launched a Trump pinata, featuring The Donald’s inimitable hairstyle and a big, big mouth. Artisan Dalton Avalos Ramirez has launched a Trump piñata, featuring The Donald’s inimitable hairstyle and a big, big mouth.
The papier-mache figure will come in a variety of sizes. The first was on display Friday at the Pinatas Ramirez store in the border city of Reynosa.The papier-mache figure will come in a variety of sizes. The first was on display Friday at the Pinatas Ramirez store in the border city of Reynosa.
Avalos Ramirez says he created it “because of the hatred Trump expressed for the Mexican people”.Avalos Ramirez says he created it “because of the hatred Trump expressed for the Mexican people”.
He said “people want to burn the pinatas, they want to break them”.He said “people want to burn the pinatas, they want to break them”.
Related: Donald Trump's tirade on Mexico's 'drugs and rapists' outrages US LatinosRelated: Donald Trump's tirade on Mexico's 'drugs and rapists' outrages US Latinos
During his presidential campaign kickoff speech Tuesday, Trump accused Mexican immigrants of bringing drugs, crime and rapists to the US.During his presidential campaign kickoff speech Tuesday, Trump accused Mexican immigrants of bringing drugs, crime and rapists to the US.
It isn’t the first pinata the Ramirez store has made of a controversial figure. Avalos Ramirez said he made Miley Cyrus models after the singer used a Mexican flag against her buttocks prosthesis during a show in 2014. It isn’t the first piñata the Ramirez store has made of a controversial figure. Avalos Ramirez said he made Miley Cyrus models after the singer used a Mexican flag against her buttocks prosthesis during a show in 2014.
Previous pinata-worthy figures included Kim Kardashian and Dutch soccer player Arjen Robben, who knocked Mexico out of the 2014 World Cup on a questioned penalty. Previous piñata-worthy figures included Kim Kardashian and Dutch soccer player Arjen Robben, who knocked Mexico out of the 2014 World Cup on a questioned penalty.
Children use sticks to break open candy-filled pinatas on birthdays and holidays.Children use sticks to break open candy-filled pinatas on birthdays and holidays.