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Latino groups, among others, urge NBC to drop Donald Trump as 'SNL' host next month
LA Times ^

Posted on 10/27/2015 6:58:17 AM PDT by bryan999

Just a few months ago, NBC fired Donald Trump. Now it's giving him a coveted hosting slot on "Saturday Night Live" — to a growing chorus of criticism.

Latino advocacy groups, joined by Hollywood celebrities and others, are calling on NBC to disinvite Trump from his Nov. 7 appearance, citing inflammatory remarks Trump made about Mexican immigrants in the speech announcing his White House run in June.

"We are appalled that you would enable Trump's hateful speech for nothing [more] than a ratings ploy," the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 40 civil rights and policy organizations, said in a letter to "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels and NBCUniversal Chief Executive Stephen Burke.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: elections; newyorkcity; saturdaynightlive; saturdaynightvile; snl; trump
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To: Tennessee Nana

Yeah, but that’s a little too much truth for the L.A. Times to handle.


21 posted on 10/27/2015 7:09:38 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: bryan999

No doubt NBC will opt to do something less controversial. Like inviting Sinead O’Connor back.


22 posted on 10/27/2015 7:12:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: bryan999

Donald Trump...the game has now stepped up to destroy you politically...across the board. Stay strong...fight back, give no quarter, to your political killers....this battle is the fight for freedom, liberty & opportunity in the USA...it is not you they want to kill politically...it is all opposition they look to destroy. You are poison to them, for they know you will end the Washington Cartel, forever!!!

Just remember, Mr. Trump.....these media folks, Obama, Clinton, the Democrat Party & the Republican Establishment RINOs are nothing more then “Hitler” NAZIs dressed in sheep’s clothing!!!


23 posted on 10/27/2015 7:13:28 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party!!!)
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To: Iron Munro
lets send their arses back to Latino-World.

Yes, let's send them all back to Latium.

24 posted on 10/27/2015 7:14:07 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Or Latvia.


25 posted on 10/27/2015 7:15:31 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: bryan999

Don’t they mean ILLEGAL immigrants, not just Mexican ones? Why should ILLEGAL immigration upset Latino groups so much?


26 posted on 10/27/2015 7:24:30 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Psalm 144

What is the word for ‘wimp’ in ‘Hispanic’? I mean, other than Yeb?


good one


27 posted on 10/27/2015 7:25:22 AM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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To: bryan999

Whether he gets uninvited or not, it is a win-win for Trump.


28 posted on 10/27/2015 7:26:05 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Shugee

Rubio (Senator No Show)


But didn’t you read his explanation for the NO SHOWs?

He tried playing the Senate game for a little while, but found it BORING.

Now he wants to play the President game and fully expects to stay interested in that one.

Really.
.


29 posted on 10/27/2015 7:26:47 AM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Like inviting Sinead O’Connor back.

I will never forget the SNL skit with Phil Hartman playing Sinatra in a roundtable discussion show; he referred to Sinead O'Connor as "Skinhead O'Conner." Funny stuff, that.
30 posted on 10/27/2015 7:31:32 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Tennessee Nana
THE SELF-SERVING LATINO BUND UNDERMINES FREE SPEECH RIGHTS: The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 40 civil rights and policy organizations, wrote "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels and NBCUniversal Chief Executive Stephen Burke....demanding Trump be dumped from SNL

Taxpayers demand to know who is funding "The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda" and the vaunted "coalition of 40 civil rights and policy organizations?"

<><> are these people funded by foreign governments?

<><> when and where did Latino Bund organizations advocate the overthrow of the US govt?

<><>we demand to know who they're communicating with; subpoena computer hard drives, electronic devices, land and cell phone records, wire-transfers, snail mail.

<><>we demand to know how many US govt checks the LATINO BUND members are cashing?

31 posted on 10/27/2015 7:31:33 AM PDT by Liz
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

I remember when Gore was running for president.
He showed up at a La Leche League meeting, thinking it was La Raza...


32 posted on 10/27/2015 7:35:01 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: bryan999

What a pickle for NBC. The want to cave and dump him, bank on it. But if they do, it will only fuel him and attract more attention to his message. Needless to say, the person at NBC who thought this was a good idea in the first place probably has their resume on the street.


33 posted on 10/27/2015 7:35:29 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: bryan999

These “Latino Groups’” uneducated constituents are too dumb to realize that it’s the illegal Latino and (all other) immigrants who are coming in to compete for and take THEIR jobs and/or diluting “THEIR” benefits. Many of the young black demorat voters are waking up to this, at least.


34 posted on 10/27/2015 7:38:16 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Army Air Corps

My favorite was when he called her ‘cueball’. That sketch is a classic!


35 posted on 10/27/2015 8:00:46 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: originalbuckeye

Oh, yes. Hilarious stuff. I miss Phil Hartman.


36 posted on 10/27/2015 8:06:40 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: bryan999

The fight over Trump being on SNL will drive ratings higher than ever maybe even the highest SNL has ever had. The NBC people will not risk losing this.

This in fact will give Trump exposure he normally would not get. You want to know how well Trump is doing? Watch his Twitter subscriptions. He is getting 50,000 new subscribers per day. In three months he will have over 10 million. Not a single candidate can touch these numbers.

Go Trump!


37 posted on 10/27/2015 8:07:41 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

To be fair, Gore is not a bright man. When he speaks, I am reminded of Forrest Gump.


38 posted on 10/27/2015 8:08:33 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: bryan999

I find Hillary’s comments, thoughts, and programs to be far more offensive than anything Trump has said, but she got a spot on SNL (so I’m told[don’t watch it anymore]).


39 posted on 10/27/2015 8:47:18 AM PDT by Pecos (What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.)
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To: bryan999

Do it. Trump needs another 10 Points in the Polls.

Want to make their Heads explode, drop Trump and have Cruz fill in for him.


40 posted on 10/27/2015 8:52:24 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses...)
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