Some liberal and Latino groups are protesting el Trumpo’s appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight outside the SNL studio in New York City.
@UNITEDWEDREAM @MaketheRoadNY @LULAC @answercoalition: #DumpTrumpOnSNL pic.twitter.com/PM0rsxsx9E
— Jimmy Rivera (@JimmyRiveraNYC) November 7, 2015
But apparently there’s also a smaller group of pro-trump counter-protesters!
About a dozen pro-Trump people here. Interestingly, they are refusing to do interviews for the most part pic.twitter.com/pCjVjjLJSh
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 8, 2015
Here are some more pics from the protest:
.@BrentWilkes fires up the crowd. @realDonaldTrump must be held responsible for hate rhetoric. #BastaTrump pic.twitter.com/O7m9vP9lPR
— LULAC (@LULAC) November 8, 2015
More at the Trump protest outside 30 Rock pic.twitter.com/vJqrnEGKa0
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 8, 2015
This protest is hugeeeeee! #DumpTrump #TrumpOnSNL https://t.co/QsvUSIm1mh
— JamesFromTheInternet (@JamesFTInternet) November 7, 2015
Ah NYC… Guy selling Trump stickers, trying to make a few bucks at the Trump protest outside 30 Rock pic.twitter.com/Cl1Ie28TgA
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 7, 2015
Guy with an anti-Semitic sign comes into Trump protest. Fight almost starts. People mad. pic.twitter.com/RQ1R6LHFab
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 7, 2015
At the Donald Trump protest outside 30 Rock pic.twitter.com/fGL1Z1WUbw
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 7, 2015
Activists protesting Trump on SNL going down 5th Ave right now. From Trump Tower to 30 Rock pic.twitter.com/zFbFkeOiUn
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 7, 2015
More at the Trump protest outside 30 Rock pic.twitter.com/vJqrnEGKa0
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) November 8, 2015
EL RACISMO Y EL ODIO NO ES CHISTE #RacismisntFunny pic.twitter.com/PycKXFV41z
— Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) November 7, 2015
In Spanish they’re chanting, “the people, united, will never be divided.”
SNL Escucha estamos en la lucha! #BastaTrump #RacismIsntFunny pic.twitter.com/bNbqxD3Sce
— Antonio Alarcon (@antonioalarconc) November 7, 2015
DC community present at #DonaldTrumpTower .@MaketheRoadNY @UNITEDWEDREAM pic.twitter.com/MEuQUranPx
— Antonio Alarcon (@antonioalarconc) November 7, 2015
It looks like they arranged for bus rides:
The @LULAC #BastaTrump bus halfway to NYC #RacismIsntFunny we dont tolerate hate speech, @NBCSNL! pic.twitter.com/V8FePC1k8U
— Kiki (@LatinaGem) November 7, 2015
But even by their count, they barely have more than hundred protesters:
100+ protest the ignorance of @realDonaldTrump & @nbcsnl we refuse to be subjected to stereotypes that are not true. pic.twitter.com/DxDdMJHaHD
— CUNY DREAMers (@CUNYDREAMers) November 7, 2015
And yet we’re supposed to believe they have half a million petition signatures? I doubt it.
Carrying 577K petitions BACK to @NBC – still have not commenting why they invited Trump on @NBCSNL#racismisntfunny pic.twitter.com/dbceBT7tbK
— Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) November 7, 2015
A Fox News reporter at the scene said that by his count they have about 200 anti-Trump protesters there and a handful of pro-Trumpers.
And here’s a Fox News report on the controversy:
Now, don’t blame all Latinos. I don’t give a crap if the Donald is Saturday Night Live, and I’m pretty sure I’d disagree with nearly all of these protesters’ political goals.