SNL brilliantly mocks voters with this 'Racists for Trump' ad

Beck Bennett plays a Donald Trump supporter on "SNL"
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Saturday Night Live wanted to get past the media's negative characterization of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to find out what makes him so popular among "real Americans." Their fake commercial did just that, with some disturbing results.

Watch below as seemingly normal voters enthusiastically support The Donald, only to reveal later on a Nazi armband or Ku Klux Klan garb. Julie Kliegman

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.