Cenk Uygur
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Why Trump Supporters Want Family Guy Cancelled
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May 10, 2016
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4:18Now PlayingFamily Guy is causing controversy in Trump supporter circles. The show sent out an image of Peter Griffin as Donald Trump, and now the presidential candidate’s supporters want the show cancelled. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Peter Griffin is looking awfully tan in Family Guy's Emmy campaign.
Not a show to simply throw a DVD in the mail with some key art, the Seth MacFarlane-created cartoon is again courting controversy with this year's pitch to voters — with its title character drawn with the swooping hairdo and copper pigmentation of Donald J. Trump.
"As long as we're voting for dumb loudmouths, can I get an Emmy?," reads the caption, which accompanies an obligatory "for your consideration" plea in the outstanding animated program category. It's an Emmy category that Family Guy has never won and hasn't seen itself as a nominee since 2006. And it's not for a lack of exposure. Family Guy's Emmy mailers have generally raised eyebrows, particularly in 2012, when it infamously referred to voters as "overprivileged Brentwood Jews."
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