--- title: Donald Trump: House Hispanic Caucus Denounces SNL Gig description: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus now opposes Donald Trump's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, adding to a growing chorus of protests. canonical: https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-02T18:26:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:23.736Z article:section: Politics og:title: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Denounces Trump's SNL Gig og:description: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus now opposes Donald Trump's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, adding to a growing chorus of protests. og:url: https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte34e2337b12d896a/698865c3f887dc6929e92980/donald-trump15.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Addresses GOP Lincoln Day Event In Michigan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Denounces Trump's SNL Gig twitter:description: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus now opposes Donald Trump's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, adding to a growing chorus of protests. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte34e2337b12d896a/698865c3f887dc6929e92980/donald-trump15.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Congressional Hispanic Caucus Denounces Trump's _Saturday Night Live_ Gig > Sponsored content. 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TIME Editor-at-Large Ian Bremmer on Donald Trump_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 2, 2015 6:26 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Bill Pugliano—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 2, 2015 6:26 PM UTC The Congressional Hispanic Caucus now officially opposes Donald Trump’s hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, adding to a [growing chorus of protests](http://time.com/4089468/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-protests/) ahead of the event. “Trump’s racist remarks and his continued rhetoric demonizing Latinos and immigrants has created fear within these communities around the country, many of which are represented in Congress by Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,” wrote the 26-member group, headed by Democratic chairwoman Linda Sanchez from California. The statement mentions Trump’s controversial remark during his campaign launch where he said some illegal Mexican immigrants were “rapists,” as well as the beating of a homeless man in Boston in which the perpetrator [cited Trump as inspiration](http://time.com/4006552/donald-trump-latino-boston/). “Therefore, be it resolved that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus calls upon NBCUniversal, Broadway Video, and SNL Executive Producer Lorne Michaels to disinvite Mr. Trump from hosting Saturday Night Live because racism is not funny,” the statement continues. “And be it further resolved, that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus urges NBCUniversal to stand by its earlier commitment to end its relationship with Mr. Trump because the values of ‘respect and dignity for all people’ are more important than ratings and ad revenues.” **Read More:** [_Donald Trump’s Saturday Night Live Protests Grow_](http://time.com/4089468/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-protests/) NBCUniversal, which broadcasts _Saturday Night Live_, officially broke business ties with Trump in June after the “rapists” comment during his campaign launch. The Hispanic Caucus’s statement is the latest in a mounting opposition towards Trump’s appearance on the show. An umbrella group for 40 Hispanic organizations wrote a similar letter to NBC in October, and online petitions telling the show to rescind Trump’s invitation have received over 350,000 signatures. NBC and the Trump campaign declined to comment on this issue. **Read Next:** [_Protesters at Donald Trump Rallies Face Increasing Violence_](http://time.com/4090437/donald-trump-violence-protests-republican-debate/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/"},"headline":"Congressional Hispanic Caucus Denounces Trump's Saturday Night Live Gig","datePublished":"2015-11-02T18:26:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:41:23.736Z","description":"More pushback for NBC","url":"https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election","Congress","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte34e2337b12d896a/698865c3f887dc6929e92980/donald-trump15.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte34e2337b12d896a/698865c3f887dc6929e92980/donald-trump15.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Addresses GOP Lincoln Day Event In Michigan","caption":"Donald Trump Addresses GOP Lincoln Day Event In Michigan","creditText":"Bill Pugliano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/","name":"Congressional Hispanic Caucus Denounces Trump's Saturday Night Live Gig"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Bremmer: Donald Trump and the 2016 Election","description":"TIME Editor-at-Large Ian Bremmer on Donald Trump","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/YUuqu4MG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-27T17:19:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YUuqu4MG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/","duration":"PT2M14S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4096878/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```