Street vendor of hot dogs who went to sell among angry supporters of Trump is from Puebla | The State
The hot dog vendor works the streets of Los Angeles. File photo.
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Aurelia Ventura / Impremedia / La Opinion
A popular Los Angeles-area taco and culture website has identified the street vendor who caused a sensation this week by selling hot dogs to supporters of Donald Trump. That happened during a tense demonstration in downtown that simultaneous to the Capitol riots in Washington, DC.
Among the hundreds of enraged Trump supporters who gathered in front of the Los Angeles mayor’s office on Wednesday to protest the electoral defeat of the still President of the United States, an individual appeared who had nothing to do with the crowd and was only trying to make a living. honestly.
Images broadcast that day on local FOX 11 channel briefly showed the seller. A Hispanic adult, wearing a white face mask and a Los Angeles Rams cap, driving his hot dog cart in front of City Hall, weaving his way through the raging “trump players”.
Hustlin hot dogs while representin! pic.twitter.com/tNfN9NyL5e
– Nelson🍺🏈🏀⚾🥊🎮 (@RAMSBRUH) January 6, 2021
The peddler even knowing that because he was obviously an immigrant -maybe undocumented- he was going to be exposed to a possible assault, he still played it.
His gesture of pride that was captured on TV did not go unnoticed by a Twitter user, also a fan of the Rams. And so it all began. But at first the identity of this brave worker was not known.
This Friday, the L.A. TACO managed to identify him. His name is Efraín González, 53 years old and originally from the Mexican state of Puebla.
According to that site, “Don Efra” has endured recent assaults and robbery attempts, like many of his colleagues.
Who Is L.A.’s Viral Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog Street Vendor Who Was Hustling During the Trump Mob at City Hall Yesterday? ~ L.A. TACO https://t.co/kRtQAkZuEn
– THE. TACO 🌴🌮 (@LATACO) January 7, 2021
A GoFundMe page was created for those who want to help “Don Efra” in these difficult times of pandemic
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Twitter users reacted with grace and admiration for him.
Homie is like; “And take advantage because suddenly these condemned are going to get hungry … my brats are not going to stop swallowing anything else because the Capital is burning”
– Brain (@ElShowdCruzAzul) January 7, 2021
The only person working on capitol hill right now.
– Valley Boyz (@ Ed_2da_Werd) January 7, 2021
Protect that man at all costs
– Ahab’s Ghost (@AhabGhost) January 6, 2021
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