Deport Racism and its founder Luke Montgomery had indeed promised a bounty of $5,000 to anyone who would interrupt the Republican presidential candidate’s SNL hosting gig by shouting out that he is racist. David said on the show that he was told he would get $5,000 from a group for saying it.
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Garlin said that Curb is “the only show that I know in the history of television that only moves forward because the creator is basing his decision entirely on creativity”.
Prior to the episode NBC has come under mounting pressure to cancel Trump’s appearance due to his racist comments towards Mexicans in his presidential announcement speech. Critics complained the show was giving Trump a platform despite what they called his racially hateful rhetoric.
The site mentioned that David was referring to a Latino group called Deport Racism.
“It’s 2016, and Trump needs to hear that you can’t win the White House without the brown vote”, he concluded. “Joke or not, it’s true”, the group tweeted. “Larry David is our hero”.
This wasn’t the first time that Larry David has played Sanders on SNL.
During Trump’s monologue, David stood in the wings of the stage and yelled, “Trump’s a racist!” “Outside Rockefeller Plaza, they chanted:” Donald Trump has got to go”.
NBC was cognizant of Trump’s time on the program, according to a Variety report.
The rules for what constitutes equal air time and who counts as a qualified candidate are hazy, and any disagreement could result in a legal battle that many campaigns may not have the time or money to fight. That means it beat last season’s highest-rated episode with host Chris Rock and musical guest Prince, which was watched by 7.4 million viewers. Clinton earned rave reviews for her SNL appearance in the season-opening show, playing a bartender named Val in the same segment as her impersonator, Kate McKinnon.
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The Buffalo rating also was about 25 percent higher than the reported national household overnight rating of 6.6.
