Extra Extra: Former Obama Speechwriter Thinks SNL Should Be Ashamed For Letting Trump Host

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• Pod Save America host and former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett thinks it's shameful that SNL let Trump host the show: "He came down that escalator and he said Mexicans are rapists. He came down that escalator and he began one of the most despicable campaigns in modern American history. It wasn’t a joke, it wasn’t funny then," he said. "Look, if Donald Trump said the same types of things about gay people that he said about Mexicans, if he said the same kind of thing about Jews that he said about Muslims, there would be no chance that he could host Saturday Night Live."
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