Former Miss Universe and former Arlington County Board member Walter Tejada will be among those speaking at an Arlington press conference on 鈥淒onald Trump鈥檚 Year of Hate.鈥�
The press conference is being held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Atlacatl Restaurant (4701 Columbia Pike).
Machado, who won the pageant in 1996 as a contestant from Venezuela, became a U.S. citizen in May, prompting a from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Machado is an avowed聽opponent of Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, after she gained 50 pounds within months of winning the crown.
The press conference is being organized by advocacy groups聽 and . From a press advisory:
On Wednesday, former Miss Universe Alicia Machado and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta will join People For the American Way (PFAW) to mark the one year anniversary of Donald Trump鈥檚 presidential campaign and launch PFAW鈥檚 new campaign, 鈥楧onald Trump鈥檚 Year of Hate.鈥�
Since June 16th聽of last year, when he infamously described Mexican immigrants as 鈥渞apists鈥� at his campaign launch, Trump has only increased his attacks against immigrants and Latinos. Starting on Thursday, new Spanish-language ads from PFAW will run for four weeks, highlighting Donald Trump鈥檚 campaign of hate thus far.
The press conference on Wednesday, co-hosted by CASA in Action (Virginia), will include more details on the ad launch. At the event, Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe winner, will share her story about why she鈥檚 becoming a citizen to vote against Donald Trump. She will discuss her personal interactions with Donald Trump, including how he derogatorily referred to her as 鈥淢iss Housekeeping鈥� and 鈥淢iss Piggy.鈥� Dolores Huerta, civil rights leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, is president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and is a board member of PFAW, will discuss the importance of the Latino vote and speak out against the hate Donald Trump has displayed over the last year. Virginia leader and former elected official J. Walter Tejada will focus on the Latino vote in Virginia, and leaders from PFAW and CASA in Action will speak about their stand against Trump鈥檚 bigotry.
