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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton mocked for misidentifying a ‘street taco’

Steve Hilton holds a sandwich wrapped in yellow paper outdoors
Steve Hilton. Photograph: Steve Hilton via X

Polls have shown California voters have been largely disengaged from the upcoming election for governor, but over the weekend one candidate managed to capture the public’s attention – and ire.

Steve Hilton, the British political strategist seeking the state’s top office, drew derision after posting a video outside a southern California location of the fast food chain Del Taco while holding the hard-shell tortilla concoction that he referred to as a “street taco”.

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