NCLR Hails Decision by NBC and Univision to Cut Ties With Donald trump
WASHINGTON, D.C.—NCLR (National Council of La Raza) hailed NBC’s decision this afternoon to end its BUSINESS relationship with Donald Trump after Trump made numerous references to Mexican immigrants that were both highly inaccurate and highly objectionable in his remarks announcing his presidential campaign on June 16, which prompted a national outcry. The NBC decision follows Univision’s statement last week that it will not air the Miss USA pageant.
“NBC deserves an enormous amount of credit for reaffirming what their company stands for and, as importantly, what it does not stand for. We know that this was not an easy choice for NBC and its parent company, Comcast, nor was it easy for Univision, and they will have NCLR’s full SUPPORT going forward. We applaud those in both companies who worked so diligently behind the scenes to address this issue and ultimately make this difficult decision. It was the right thing to do,” stated NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía.
“And for all those who will argue that Mr. Trump’s First Amendment rights have somehow been violated, nothing could be further from the truth. Trump has every right to hold these opinions, however reprehensible and just plain false they may be, and he has every right to express them, even as offensively as he did. But no one is immune from others exercising their own First Amendment rights to criticize or object to those opinions. And no one has a ‘right’ to a television show. Trump has had ample opportunity to CORRECT his misstatements. He has chosen not to. The responsibility for what has happened to Trump is his and his alone,” concluded Murguía.
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. FOR MORE INFORMATION on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
