Hispanic groups wrong to ask SNL to dump Trump

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I never thought I would ever write a column defending a xenophobic, racist, arrogant, dishonest, clownish and ignorant candidate like Donald Trump. But I’ll do it today, in reference to his latest spat with Latino groups over his hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Life.

As you probably know, the U.S. Congressional Hispanic Caucus — the group of Latino legislators in Congress — and some of the biggest U.S. Latino organizations last week asked NBC to “disinvite” the Republican presidential hopeful from his Nov. 7 Saturday Night Live appearance.

“Racism isn’t funny, ” Hispanic Caucus chairman Xavier Becerra, D-California, said in a statement. “Trump’s degrading comments about the Latino community have no place on national television. It’s alarming to see NBC ignore Trump’s record of hateful speech, from calling Mexican Americans rapists and murderers to vowing to build a wall on our southern border.”

Simultaneously, a “Racism-isn’t-funny” protest by a group of Latino organizations including the League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Council of La Raza delivered a similar petition to NBC on Wednesday. Organizers said it was signed by 522, 000 people.

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