{"id":803,"date":"2026-05-11T22:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:40:29","slug":"california-gubernatorial-candidate-steve-hilton-mocked-for-misidentifying-a-street-taco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton mocked for misidentifying a \u2018street taco\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British political strategist drew swift criticism in a state where tacos are practically the official dish<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Polls have shown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\">California<\/a> voters have been largely disengaged from the upcoming election for governor, but over the weekend one candidate managed to capture the public\u2019s attention \u2013 and ire.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hilton, the British political strategist seeking the state\u2019s top office, drew derision after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveHiltonx\/status\/2053192453201838488\">posting a video<\/a> 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 \u201cstreet taco\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/11\/california-governor-candidate-mocked-street-taco\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British political strategist drew swift criticism in a state where tacos are practically the official dish Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Polls have shown California &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=803\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}