Celebs react to Trump's racial and religious qualifications for judges

Jun 06, 2016 17:28

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

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