Right-wing columnist Ann Coulter decried Andrés as a "nut foreigner" after the latter suggested President Joe Biden should use the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to address hunger in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Andrés replied, “I’m so proud you called me a Nut. Nuts are fruits where the ovary walls become hard so I can be Protector of my people and everyone else. Nuts like me? energy-dense, nutrient-rich, what we need to feed USA. Nuts?You right girl, ‘foreigners’ like almonds+pistachios!Happy holidays!”