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.

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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 erasure of Secretary @JulianCastro, the only Latino running for president, by SNL is completely unacceptable.



Now more than ever, representation matters.



We hope @nbcsnl finds a Latino, there are plenty out there, to play Secretary Castro.https://t.co/Sftl3gqtq0 — Latino Victory (@latinovictoryus) September 30, 2019

The Castro campaign's national press secretary, Sawyer Hackett, also took aim at "SNL" for the snub.

Interesting that @nbcsnl decided to cut one candidate out of this sketch. Could you not find a Latino actor to play @JulianCastro? pic.twitter.com/eWBgX4CDV7 — Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) September 29, 2019

Several other candidates in the crowded Democratic field — including Sens. Amy Klobuchar Amy Klobuchar3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (D-Minn.) and Michael Bennet Michael Farrand BennetOVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' Senate Democrats demand White House fire controversial head of public lands agency Next crisis, keep people working and give them raises MORE (D-Colo.) and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi GabbardRepublicans call on DOJ to investigate Netflix over 'Cuties' film Hispanic Caucus campaign arm endorses slate of non-Hispanic candidates Gabbard says she 'was not invited to participate in any way' in Democratic convention MORE (Hawaii) — also were not included in the skit.