Huffington Post
By Hillary Hanson
October 22, 2015
Rep.
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) put some perspective on Donald Trump’s racist
statements about Latinos by asking what would have happened if he’d made
the same comments about
gays, blacks or women.
Speaking
on the House floor Wednesday, Gutierrez said he was “calling out” NBC
Universal on their decision to have Trump host "Saturday Night Live" in
November. “When
public figures cross certain lines, they should lose their privileges
to host TV shows,” Gutierrez said, referencing remarks Trump made during
his presidential candidacy announcement in June calling immigrants
criminals and rapists:
“When
Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best… They’re
bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I
assume, are good people… They’re
sending us not the right people. It’s coming from more than Mexico.
It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming
probably from the Middle East.”
Gutierrez questioned whether Trump would have been invited on "SNL" if he had said the same things about other groups.
“If
Donald Trump had said gays and lesbians were murdering and raping
Americans, would he get to host the show?” the congressman said. He
asked similar questions about
what would have happened if Trump's disparaging comments had been about
black people, women or Canadians.
Gutierrez
even took a dig at the show's viewership. “I am not calling for a
boycott,“ he said. “That would go too far. Besides, like most Americans I
stopped watching
'SNL' years ago.” He also pointed out the hypocrisy in the invitation,
given that NBC cut ties with Trump in June over his racist comments.
The
speech came just two days after Gutierrez sent a letter to the
presidents of NBC Universal and Comcast, requesting that they rescind
the invitation to Trump. The National
Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and Margaret Cho have also condemned
the announcement that Trump would be on the show.
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