John Oliver sums up the whole thing:
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The voice of Sterling Archer sums it up even more succinctly:
It seems so simple. Trump hates Mexicans. Judge is of Mexican heritage. Judge should recuse himself.
#TrumpUniversitylacrosseteam- h. jon benjamin (@HJBenjamin)
June 5, 2016 The voice of Marlin from Finding Nemo and the upcoming Finding Dory (aka legendary comedian Albert Brooks) is aghast:
Trump says no Latino or Muslim judge can be fair to him. The scary thing is he means it.
- Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks)
June 6, 2016 Seminal sci-fi author William Gibson (who coined the term cyberspace) has a question:
So would Trump agree that he himself would be unfit, were he a judge,
to preside over cases with Muslim or "Mexican" defendants?
- William Gibson (@GreatDismal)
June 5, 2016 Grace Parra, Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore contributor warns:
Trump's discriminating against a judge bc of his Mexican ancestry. For those who think he's only against "the illegal ones," open your eyes.
- Grace Parra (@GraceParra360)
June 3, 2016 Comedian, actor (he was in Coyote Ugly, ok?) and host John Fugelsang points out:
Trump reminds you that a woman, gay, Muslim, disabled, immigrant, Af-American or former POW judge would be unfairly biased against him too.
- John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang)
June 6, 2016 The unwanted answer to the question, "can we get someone like Simon Cowell, but cheaper?", Piers Morgan, has a hot take:
Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims.
#fact- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
June 5, 2016 Rapper Talib Kweli response to Morgan:
STFU
https://t.co/Hh4qvJLlex- Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli)
June 5, 2016 Oliver source,
Benjamin source,
Brooks source,
Gibson source,
Parra source,
Fugelsang source,
Morgan source,
Kweli source