Despite protests and petitions, Donald Trump is scheduled to host this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” (10:29 p.m. on KUSA-Channel 9) — and NBC is on high-alert for hecklers.
An online civil rights organization, ColorOfChange.org, is NBC to “dump Trump.” And a Los Angeles-based anti-Trump group, Deport Racism 2016, is offering $5,000 to anyone in the studio audience who disrupts the taping and is heard saying “Deport racism” or “Trump is a racist” on the air.
Several groups are protesting Trump’s appearance over “racist and xenophobic language” they say he has used throughout his campaign, targeting Latinos in particular.
The controversial GOP presidential candidate has referred to some of the Mexicans entering the U.S. as rapists and criminals, and has questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
On the “Today” show this week, Trump said he was invited to host “SNL” because he “brings the ratings.”
The highest ratings for “SNL” involved another controversial GOP candidate: opposite doppelganger Tina Fey, drew a record 17 million viewers in the first half-hour.
