Actors' acceptance speeches at SAG awards turn into protest against Trump Muslim ban

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Actors' acceptance speeches at SAG awards turn into protest against Trump Muslim ban
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At the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards, most winners used their acceptance speeches to talk politics. The central focus was the controversial executive order signed by President Donald Trump, banning refugees and visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.

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