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SNL’s Trump ‘De-Banking’ Gaff Accidentally Elevates Hot Button Issue

Jeremy Tedesco
SNL’s Trump ‘De-Banking’ Gaff Accidentally Elevates Hot Button Issue
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Saturday Night Live made headlines this weekend for all the wrong reasons. During Weekend Update, a cast member suggested that Donald Trump stumbled and introduced a “new term” to the debate called “de-banking.” What followed was a rather feeble attempt at mocking the former president.

In reality, de-banking is no laughing matter. It means losing essential financial services, like a bank account, payment processing, or even insurance, because of your views. And it is on the rise — so much so that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments involving the issue this term.

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