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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump panned an ad Friday that features children uttering profanities at him.
“I think it’s terrible,” he said of the video produced by the Deport Racism PAC. "It’s totally backfired.
“To have young kids using that kind of language is a disgrace,” Trump said on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria.”
“Anybody who would do an ad like that is stupid, to be honest,” the outspoken billionaire added. "They’re stupid people who would do an ad like that.”
Trump insisted that the controversial spot is helping, not hurting, his 2016 White House run.
“People are actually going wild about it and saying, ‘We’re going to support Trump now,’” he told host Maria Bartiromo.
“I’m doing great with Hispanics and I am going to win Hispanics because they know I’m going to bring back jobs from lots of places, including India and China,” Trump added.
The Deport Racism ad, released Wednesday, features children cursing Trump’s deportation policies.
It depicts two Hispanic children — “Ricardo” and “Rosa” — uttering foul language as a means of satirizing the Republican’s rhetoric on illegal immigration.I haven't watched an episode of SNL all year, but I'm definitely watching tonight.
“F**k you, [you] racist f**k,” Ricardo tells Trump. "If you don’t like the Constitution and what it stands for, then get the f**k out of my country.”
The video’s release comes as Trump takes fire from some in the Hispanic community the day before hosting NBC’s “Saturday Night Live."
Multiple Latino advocacy groups, celebrities and lawmakers have urged the network to revoke the real estate tycoon’s invitation.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, for example, said Monday that NBC should pull the plug on Trump’s scheduled appearance.
Deport Racism is additionally offering $5,000 to anyone who calls Trump “racist” during the live broadcast on Saturday night.
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