Castro campaign, Latino group call out his absence in ‘SNL’ sketch

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A top Latino advocacy group is calling out “Saturday Night Live” for not including Julián Castro in a sketch about 2020 Democratic White House hopefuls.

{mosads}A weekend segment on the late-night comedy show featured a mock CNN town hall with several of the presidential candidates. Larry David reprised his role as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while Kate McKinnon played Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), guest host Woody Harrelson played former Vice President Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph took on the role of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

But Latino Victory, a grassroots organization, called the absence of the former Housing and Urban Development secretary in the sketch “unacceptable” in a Monday tweet.

The Castro campaign’s national press secretary, Sawyer Hackett, also took aim at “SNL” for the snub.

Several other candidates in the crowded Democratic field — including Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) — also were not included in the skit.

Tags 2020 2020 campaign 2020 election Amy Klobuchar Bernie Sanders CNN CNN town hall Elizabeth Warren Joe Biden Latino Victory Fund Michael Bennet Saturday Night Live SNL town hall Tulsi Gabbard

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