Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time last night. The New York Times panned his first appearance on the show as a presidential candidate as "stilted and sometimes unfunny." The Republican presidential hopeful, who often played himself, barely appeared in some sketches, presumably due to limitations set by his campaign schedule during rehearsals.
As part of Trump's monologue, Larry David heckled him, calling him a racist. But outside the studio, about 200 protesters were not joking when they did the same, drawing attention to Trump's previous comments about Latinos while criticizing the show for allowing him to host.
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