A coalition of Hispanic advocacy groups is calling on “Saturday Night Live” to uninvite Donald Trump from the show because of his inflammatory remarks about minorities.
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda said it is “flabbergasted” that NBC Universal is having the 2016 Republican front-runner on its Nov. 7 show, even after he has failed to apologize for remarks calling some Mexicans who entered the country illegally rapists and criminals, the Associated Press reported.
The group wrote in a letter to NBC University CEO Stephen Burke and “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels that having Trump on the show is only encouraging his “hateful speech” and giving him a platform for more inappropriate comments.
“We are appalled that you would enable Trump’s hateful speech for nothing [more] than a ratings ploy and ask that you rescind the SNL invitation,” the group said in the letter.
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Nearly 40 Latino advocacy groups make up the group. It previously applauded Univision for cutting ties with Trump earlier this year.
One signer of the letter, Felix Sanchez, chairman and co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, said having Trump on the show is a “slap in the face” and contradictory to the network’s courting of Hispanic viewers, according to the Associated Press report.
The group may stage protests the night of Trump’s appearance on the show or recommend boycotting the network, the report said.
SNL and the Trump campaign were not immediately available for comment.
