Just days before Univision announced it would host a Republican debate, one of its top executives likened a Republican candidate to alleged mass murderer Dylann Storm Roof.<\/p>\n
Alberto Ciurana, Univision\u2019s president of programming and content, made a post on his official Instagram account last week that appeared to indicate that there were similarities between Trump and Roof, who last week killed nine people in a shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C.<\/p>\n
The since-deleted Instagram post received hundreds of likes from Ciurana\u2019s 116,000 followers on the site. It also received backlash.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith all due respect, what happened last night is not a joke,\u201d commented Patty Rodriguez, senior producer of radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest. \u201cThis is very irresponsible of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump, called Ciurana\u2019s post \u201ctotally insensitive\u201d and said that Ciurana should resign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no words to describe Alberto Ciurana\u2019s despicable and horrific decision to place Mr. Trump beside this racist murderer,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cIt was a totally insensitive act and I would call for his immediate resignation from Univision.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Univision did not respond to an inquiry asking whether the network agrees with the comparison.<\/p>\n
Univision announced Thursday it would be cutting ties with the Miss Universe Organization because it is partially owned by Trump. Ciurana posted the reasoning for the network\u2019s decision, using his Twitter account to say Trump\u2019s comments on Mexican immigrants were the cause for the decision.<\/p>\n
Source: freebeacon.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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