In an interview with Fox News last 10 July, Unanue's appearance at a Rose Garden ceremony the day before to announce the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative has sparked a despicable outrage from minorities on social media. By Friday morning, the hashtag #Goyaway was trending among the deluded leftist crowd, as Hispanic American leaders looking for attention called for a boycott of Goya products.
On "Fox & Friends," Unanue told co-hosts Steve Doocy, Emily Compagno and Brian Kilmeade that "it was good to talk to some friends," and he called the boycott movement "suppression of speech."
He claimed a double standard in the reaction to his laudatory remarks about Trump, noting that he accepted an invitation from Michelle Obama in 2012 to an event in Tampa, Florida, to promote the former first lady's healthy-eating initiative.
"You're allowed to talk good or talk praise to one president but you're not -- when I was called to be part of this commission to aid in economic and educational prosperity and you make a positive comment, all the sudden that's not acceptable," Unanue told Fox News.
"If you're called by the president of the United States, you're going to say, 'No I'm sorry, I'm busy, no thank you?' I didn't say that to the Obamas and I didn't say that to President Trump."
In brief remarks at the White House, Unanue compared Trump to his grandfather, a Spanish immigrant who in 1936 founded Goya.
"We are all truly blessed ... to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder," Unanue said during the Rose Garden speech. "That is what my grandfather did. He came to this country to build, to grow, to prosper. We have an incredible builder, and we pray. We pray for our leadership, our president."