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Biden marks Cinco de Mayo at Taqueria in DC

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took a quick jaunt to Northeast Washington D.C. to pick up tacos for Cinco de Mayo on Friday. Their surprise and unplanned trip outside of the White House was to Taqueria Habanero, a Mexican restaurant in the Bryant Street shopping mall. The Associated Press has the story:

Biden marks Cinco de Mayo at Taqueria in DC

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President Joe Biden celebrated Cinco de Mayo on Friday by stepping out for tacos at a Washington food hall. His stop prompted one onlooker to remark, “This is the most D.C. thing that’s ever happened to me.”

President Joe Biden prepares to leave Taqueria Habanero restaurant after picking up an order on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris at Taqueria Habanero. The president paid in cash for his order of and posed with staff for pictures. To the people peering over a wall to see him, he joked, “Don’t jump.”

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pick up food from Taqueria Habanero, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cinco de Mayo is a yearly celebration on May 5 that commemorates Mexico’s 1862 victory over France in the Battle of Puebla. The holiday has become increasingly popular in the United States.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris talk with workers as they pick up food from Taqueria Habanero restaurant on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Last year, Biden and his wife, Jill, celebrated Cinco de Mayo at the White House. In 2021, the president visited Las Gemelas, a Mexican restaurant in Washington and told workers there that the company would be receiving financial aid from his COVID relief package.

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