A coalition of protest groups planned to rally against Donald Trump outside Rockefeller Center on Saturday night, denouncing Saturday Night Live for featuring the presidential candidate and offering a “bounty” to anyone who would disrupt the taping live from New York.
“We’re hoping that somebody in the audience stands up and calls him a racist,” organizer Luke Montgomery told the Guardian.
Protest groups banded together after the comedy show booked Trump as host, protesting at a Trump tower and at NBC headquarters.
The billionaire, reality television personality and Republican White
House hopeful provoked outrage with a June speech that accused Mexican
immigrants of “bringing crime, they’re rapists”. He has nevertheless dominated the polls for months, exasperating GOP leaders and Hispanic Americans alike with his plan to deport 11 million people.
Several networks, including SNL’s parent, NBC Universal, severed ties
with billionaire over the remarks. Pro-immigration activists with
America’s Voice brought a petition to NBC’s studios on Wednesday,
presenting the network with more than 500,000 signatures petitioning it
to disinvite Trump.
Earlier this week, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus also sent a
letter to the show, asking producers to disinvite the billionaire and
saying his “demonizing Latinos and immigrants has created fear within
these communities around the country”.
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