The popular taco chain La Carnita is under fire for posting a photo on Instagram with a caption many are saying is misogynistic and promotes rape culture.

“What if Donald said, ‘grab her by the taco’ . . . ” read the caption to a photo of tacos.

The post was inspired by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments in a 2005 video recording released last week, in which he spoke about grabbing women by their genitals.

Public reaction was swift and furious. The restaurant’s Facebook page has been flooded with one-star reviews with many patrons vowing to never eat there again.

“Disgusting!” wrote a Facebook user. “You should be ashamed of yourselves disrespecting women like that.”

“Treating women like they are less than is unacceptable and really quite shameful,” wrote another. “You need to educate yourselves on respect.”

The backlash prompted La Carnita to delete its post and issue an apology on Facebook and Twitter.

“Tonight, we made a mistake. A big one,” it read. “We used a caption that was dumb, rude and insensitive. Once we realized our error, we quickly removed it. For anyone who saw it, know that we understand your anger and fully realize why it was inappropriate. We truly apologize. We can do better, and we will.”

The company didn’t immediately respond to an email from the Star seeking comment.

The online apology was not enough for many people on social media.

“Apologies cost more than just deleting,” wrote one Facebook commenter. “At least do what el furniture warehouse did and implement mandatory training. And donate some money to rape crisis lines/shelters while you’re at it. I’m a survivor and thank you for making me hate tacos. F--k.”

Another commented, “Sexual Assault is no joke. A real apology would be running a fundraiser for survivor support groups. Even then, the damage is done.”

La Carnita also posted this on Facebook, signed by Andrew Richmond, an owner:

“I wanted to personally address the concerns that have been raised about our company values. This isn’t who we are, or how we want to represent ourselves. Our comments and actions have never been ill intentioned, but have crossed the line on more than one occasion.

“We recognize that there are systemic and cultural things that need to be fixed to ensure that this doesn’t continue happening. We are making this a priority. Here are a few immediate things that we’re in the process of putting into action across all of our stores:

Sensitivity training for the management team

A percentage of food sales on Tuesdays for the next eight weeks will be donated to a Canadian charity that works to stop violence, poverty and empower women.

“We will provide an update at the end of the eight weeks on how much has been donated and the status of our sensitivity training.

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“We understand the anger and discussion surrounding this issue. A large percentage of our staff and management team are women. And we do everything we can to promote a diverse team and offer equal opportunity in an environment that’s free of harassment.

“We’re sorry to have let everyone down and we’re trying to do the right thing to remedy and prevent this from happening again.”

This is not the first time the taco joint has been accused of sexist jokes. Earlier this year, La Carnita removed a bathroom sign after guests complained. The sign pictured a man clinging to the door of a washroom and looking at a woman inside.

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