CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In a recent campaign speech, Donald Trump announced that in addition to utilizing his ambiguous "extreme vetting" process for new immigrants, he also plans to use extreme vetting before consuming any bag of 'Doritos EXTREME.' A portion of Mr. Trump's statement is below:
And folks... folks... let me tell you another thing... we're also going to be taking a closer look at, and let me say- before I do, let me say that I love them, I really do- but folks... Doritos EXTREME ... it's something we're going to be looking at. We're gonna vet, we're gonna extreme vet the hell out of these chips until we can figure out what the hell is going on, because these chips- I love these chips, very flavorful chips, - but... folks... we're going to put Doritos EXTREME through the extreme vetting... we have to do it... gotta do it.
Trump went on to say that the stakes were too high to not vet the Doritos EXTREME chips, despite the fact that "some of them, not all, but some, are my very favorite chips."
Later in the day journalists questioned the need for a government vetting process for chips produced entirely in the United States and why only the Doritos EXTREME brand of chips would require extreme vetting. Trump responded before boarding his jet: "Those are the chips.. people know where there's problems chips and those are the chips we're going to be taking a look at."
On CNN, Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany didn't back down from Mr. Trump's proposal: "Donald Trump is not part of the political elite like Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. He knows what kind of Doritos people eat and what kind of Doritos make Americans feel a little uneasy." When pressed why Doritos EXTREME would make people uneasy, Ms. McEnany only said "We're talking about Radical Nacho Flavor here and our President can't even say the words 'Radical Nacho Flavor'."
On Fox News, Katrina Pierson made the declaration that "Before Barack Obama we didn't have any of these Doritos in this country at all and the American people were fine with it."
A spokesperson for Frito-Lay put out the following statement: "Our Doritos of any flavor, including Doritos EXTREME, have been a part of the American snack food landscape for decades and they never have- and never will- require any kind of a vetting process beyond what is already long been required by the FDA. We are proud of our Doritos EXTREME chips and will continue to deliver it's extreme nacho flavor to American consumers."
