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Trump, who has
labeled Mexicans rapists and drug runners, has caused outrage
south of the border with his vow to build a border wall that
Mexico will pay for - a pledge that inspired brewer Cerveza
Cucapa's ingenious scheme to get Trump supporters to cough up
for Mexicans' brews.
"It's amazing that we can have a party paid for by Donald
Trump!" said 54-year-old Leticia Villanueva, cradling her free
beer at the event which had attracted a few hundred people.
Late last month, Cucapa, an artisanal brewery from the northern
border state of Baja California, posted a video in which
representatives went to the United States to hawk blue t-shirts
with Trump's face that ostensibly say "I support Donald."
However, unbeknown to the buyer, when they put on the t-shirt,
their body temperature adds a clown's nose to Trump's face and
alters the message to read "Donald: El que lo Lea," a
traditional message meaning "Whoever reads this is Donald."
Proceeds from the tongue-in-cheek publicity stunt helped fund
the event on Thursday in Mexico City, where a well-heeled crowd
of young boozers in bright yellow Trump wigs took cheer from the
property mogul's recent collapse in the polls.
"His campaign is garbage, and the only good thing he's ever done
is get us drunk," said 21-year-old Ivan Grajeda. "It's great
that he's losing ... that's a triumph for Mexico."
Others hoped that their family in the United States would turn
out and vote in the Nov. 8 election for Hillary Clinton, who has
strengthened her lead against Trump in recent weeks after her
Republican rival faced a string of groping allegations.
"I ask my family members over there to vote for Hillary, as it's
not in their interests for Trump to win," said Jose Ramon
Trevino, 28. " I have family in Chicago and they are
hard-working people, who don't go looking for problems or beg
for money in the street."
Esteban Pacheco, a 26-year-old Cucapa employee, said the aim of
the brewer's campaign was to build bridges between the two
countries.
"We want to unite the people with these types of activities," he
said.
(Writing by Gabriel Stargardter; Editing by Michael Perry)
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