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NBCUniversal cuts ties with Donald Trump
CNN ^
| June 29, 2015
| By Brian Stelter and Frank Pallotta
Posted on 06/29/2015 1:25:44 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
NBCUniversal, under pressure from an array of Hispanic groups, is severing its business ties to presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The Miss USA pageant, scheduled for July 12, will no longer air on the network. Nor will the Miss Universe pageant, scheduled for next January. Both pageants were, until now, jointly owned by NBC and Trump.
"At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values," the company said in a statement on Monday. "Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump."
Speaking to reporters after a campaign event in Chicago, Trump said he had enjoyed a "great" relationship with NBC but would not back down on his views about immigration. Trump told CNN correspondent Athena Jones that he may sue NBC.
Then, in a statement a few minutes later, he elaborated: "If NBC is so weak and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States, coupled with the horrendous and unfair trade deals we are making with Mexico, then their contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court."
Trump also invoked NBC's suspended anchorman: "They will stand behind lying Brian Williams, but won't stand behind people that tell it like it is, as unpleasant as that may be."
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To: Brad from Tennessee
You are known by your enemies. It is getting harder not to like Donald Trump, even if he all about Trump. Go on Donald, drive the Left and racist invaders nuts.
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:28:53 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Brad from Tennessee
"At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values," the company said in a statement on Monday. "
Yeah, right. Except for conservatives/Christians.
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:29:13 PM PDT
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Trump also invoked NBC's suspended anchorman: "They will stand behind lying Brian Williams, but won't stand behind people that tell it like it is, as unpleasant as that may be."
To: Brad from Tennessee
If he is truly running, wouldn’t they have to put him on sabbatical or something anyway?
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:35:04 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Donald's response. The last line is perfection:
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:35:47 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Good for Donald Trump.
NBC is owned by Comcast, which is in the tank for Obama/Jarrett.
That is where this coming from.
A pox on their houses.
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:38:50 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Shut the border down...YES. Fair trade and protect American jobs....YES. Destroy ISIS....YES. Who else is taking on these issues like Trump? They can’t shut him up and they hate that. Go Donald go!
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posted on
06/29/2015 1:57:44 PM PDT
by
free_life
(If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
"Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump." I have not followed this story. Did Trump say something about "immigrants" or illegal aliens? An illegal alien is someone that never went through the immigration process so should not be called an "immigrant" but usually are.
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posted on
06/29/2015 2:04:53 PM PDT
by
GregoTX
(Remember the Alamo)
To: GregoTX
" Did Trump say something about "immigrants" or illegal aliens?" During his campaign kickoff speech on June 16, The Celebrity Apprentice host said, the U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody elses problems. When Mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. He added, Theyre not sending you. Theyre sending people that have lots of problems, and theyre bringing those problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.
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posted on
06/29/2015 2:30:15 PM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
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posted on
06/29/2015 3:28:28 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Truth29
This makes a pretty convincing that Trump is speaking his real mind, he’s not merely gunning for popularity points. Like him or not, I think the skeptics should take heed.
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posted on
06/29/2015 6:36:52 PM PDT
by
Mmmike
To: Brad from Tennessee
No one ever gets fired for insulting actual Americans.
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posted on
06/29/2015 6:39:10 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: Truth29
And there was, and maybe still is, a whole cadre’ of Freepers who didn’t want Trump to run.
Man, fireworks BEFORE the 4th!
How much better can it get?
Plus I get to post my tagline again.
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posted on
06/29/2015 6:41:02 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Any Senator who votes for TPA is disqualified to be President - Donald Trump)
To: Brad from Tennessee
UNIVISION AND NBC ARE SPONSORS OF NHMC
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posted on
06/29/2015 7:37:55 PM PDT
by
Corazon
(OBAMA RESCUE COMMUNISM)
To: Brad from Tennessee
In Mexico one of the oldest newspaper El Excelsior published five days ago, that illegal immigrants from Colombia, are the leaders in the arrests of those that commit crimes based on arrest statistics . Trump did the same, what is the difference? Like Trump said here is not political correct but in Mexico it is correct.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 22 de junio.- Ciudadanos procedentes de países como Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Venezuela y China, entre otros, consiguen visas y pasaportes como turistas y arriban a la Ciudad de México, donde muchos de ellos encuentran una oportunidad para cometer delitos como robo y clonación de tarjetas bancarias, principalmente.
Conforme a la Dirección General de Política y Estadística Criminal de la Procuraduría del DF, los colombianos son los extranjeros que lideran las detenciones en la Ciudad de México.
Google Translation
MEXICO CITY, 22 June.- Citizens from countries like Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Venezuela and China, among others, get visas and passports as tourists arriving in Mexico City, where many of them find an opportunity to commit crimes such as theft and bank card cloning, mainly.
According to the Directorate General of Political and Criminal Statistics Office CITY, Colombians are foreigners leading the arrests in Mexico City.
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posted on
06/29/2015 7:47:12 PM PDT
by
Corazon
(OBAMA RESCUE COMMUNISM)
To: Brad from Tennessee
BTW NBC (through MSNBC) Still employs vile antiwhite racist and riot inciter Al Sharpton.
Very revealing.
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posted on
06/30/2015 8:31:59 AM PDT
by
Cubs Fan
(Pam Gellar draws pictures, muslims murder people-- liberals speak out against the first)
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