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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Statement Opposing Donald Trump Hosting

Saturday Night Live

Whereas, Mr. Donald Trump has been invited to host Saturday Night Live on NBC on

November 7, !"#$

Whereas, SaturdayNight Live is a %lagship program on a national net&or'$

Whereas, on(une "), !"#, Mr. Trump denoun*ed both the +ispani* and immigrant*ommunities by saying, When Me-i*o sends its people, theyre not sending their best/

Theyre sending people that have lots o% problems, and theyre bringing those problems

to us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing *rime. Theyre rapists/Theyre sending

us not the right people. 0ts *oming %rom more than Me-i*o. 0ts *oming %rom all overSouth and Latin 1meri*a, and its *oming probably/%rom the Middle 2ast$3

Whereas, the Congressional +ispani* Cau*us responded on(une "4, !"# by

denoun*ing Mr. Trump, e-pressing outrage at his divisive and hate%ul rhetori* to&ardsMe-i*ans and Latinos ali'e, and by &arning that su*h in*endiary rhetori* *an lead to

violen*e$

Whereas, numerous businesses, *orporations, and individuals severed ties &ith Mr.

Trump as a *onse5uen*e$

Whereas, on(une 4, !"#, NBC6niversal also ended its business relationship3 &ith

Mr. Trump be*ause o% the re*ent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding

immigrants,3 and be*ause, a8t NBC, respe*t and dignity %or all people are*ornerstones o% our values$3

Whereas, the Congressional +ispani* Cau*us re*eived assuran*es %rom Com*ast, o&nero% NBC6niversal, during its intended merger &ith Time Warner that both Com*ast and

NBC6niversal &ere *ommitted to both Latinos and diversity$

Whereas, Mr. Trumps ra*ist remar's and his *ontinued rhetori* demoni9ing Latinos and

immigrants has *reated %ear &ithin these *ommunities around the *ountry, many o% &hi*h

are represented in Congress by Members o% the Congressional +ispani* Cau*us$

Whereas, on1ugust "4, !"#, t&o men in Boston, Massa*husetts atta*'ed and brutally

beat a +ispani* man, and one o% the perpetrators told the poli*e that, Donald Trump

&as right, all these illegals need to be deported$3

Whereas, on September ", !"# in 1mes, 0o&a during a pea*e%ul protest outside o% an

0o&a State 6niversity %ootball game &here Mr. Trump made an appearan*e, a &omanripped the sign o% a Latino student that read, :;ur lives begin to end the day &e be*ome

silent about the things that matter$:

There%ore, be it resolved that the Congressional +ispani* Cau*us *alls upon

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