Sorry, folks: You'll have one less channel to check out this year's Miss USA pageant, Variety reports.
Univision announced on Thursday that it will not air the competition on July 12, citing "insulting remarks" made by Donald Trump during his presidential campaign kickoff on June 16. Trump is a part-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, the umbrella company for the Miss USA pageant. In his kickoff speech, Trump described Mexican immigrants as "rapists" who bring drugs and crime to the U.S. He also called for a wall to be built that would more fully separate Mexico from America.
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