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October 20, 2015,
Mr, Bran Roberts
CChairman/Presiden/CEO
Comcast Corp
"701 John F. Kennedy Bivd
Philadelphia, PA 19103,
Mr. Stephen B. Burke
Presiden/CEO
NBCUniversal
30 Rockefeller Plaza
ew York, NY 10112
Dear Messrs, Roberts and Burke
Having Donald Trump as guest on every news and entertainment program is one thing, but
allowing him to host Sanurday Night Live is another, Iti level of endorsement that sas to
‘America that every hateful and racist thing Donald Trump has sai sine the moment he
Taunched his eampuign is acceptable and no big desl.
‘Wel, itis a big deal. He said Mexicans are rapists, criminals and drug dealers, and tobe clea,
‘when he said Mericans ae those thing, he was tarrng all Latinos end al immigrant. His exact
words were, “They're sending us not the right people. It's coming from more than Mexico. I's
coming from all over South and Latin America and it's coming probably from the Middle East.”
‘The reaction in July from NBC was swift and clear: “Due tothe recent derogatory statements by
Donald Teunip regarding inegracta, NBCUniversu is ending its business relationship with Mr,
“Trump.” And NBC sid, “Respect end dignity forall people are comerstones of our values,”
Serta, Macy’s, NASCAR, Univision, and ESPN were among the others that
Trump,
acted to dump
‘Three months later, Because e sa ratings and comedy bonanza, Lome Michtes and Satdey
Might Live (SNL) are giving the Trump campaign 90 minutes of free network airtime
think I speak for alot of Americans, especially immigrant Americans and Latino Americans,
when I s8y that if SNL i allowed o proceed it would be a huge comporat blunderRep. Luis V. Gutidren
October 20, 2015
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‘When Comcast sought a merger with Time Wamer, land alot of my Congressional Hispanic
Caucus colleagues heard from you about your commitment to the Latino community and the
level of corporate responsibility you pledged to your diverse audience. I certainly hope that your
commitment to “respect and dignity forall people” was not some hollow promise and isin fact a
comerstone of your values.
Please disinvite him. Make a statement: Derogatory statements ofthe nature trumpeted by
‘Trump about any group disqualifies someone from hosting shows on your network. Send 2
message that racism isnot funny and that responsiblity to your viewers and the public is more
important than ratings. Iti a chance for your company ~ again ~to show you are commited to
your audience in more ways than just the ad revenues they provide you
Please do the right thing and dump Trump.
Sincerely,
Al he
Tule V. Guténes
Member of Congress