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Saturday Night Live headed back to politics in its cold open, heading to Tucker Carlson and FOX News for a look at the Republicans who voted to acquit Trump at his Senate impeachment trial.
Said Alex Moffatt’s Tucker Carlson: “There’s a lot to cover tonight including the impeachment, so in place of my usual monologue here’s a loose collection of scaremongering non sequiturs: Is AOC hiding in your house right now? Wouldn’t put it past her. Pronouns for dogs? C’mon. Everybody knows they’re boys. Pixar: Is it making our kids depressed or gay? Pick one.”
SNL : Republicans Celebrate Trump Impeachment Acquittal in Cold Open
Lindsey Graham (Kate McKinnon) and Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant) celebrate acquittal of former president
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Saturday Night Live’s latest cold open recapped the proceedings under the guise of
Tucker Carlson Tonight, with Republicans celebrating the acquittal of the former president for his role in the Capitol insurrection.
“Well, the impeachment has reached its foregone conclusion with the acquittal of Donald Trump,” host and “human White Claw” Carlson (Alex Moffat) said before welcoming two of Trump’s most ardent supporters, Lindsey Graham (Kate McKinnon) and Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant).
Saturday Night Live has taken aim at Donald Trump s impeachment defense team, mocking the lawyers after they secured an acquittal in the Senate on the charge of incitement to insurrection.
After avoiding poking fun at President Joe Biden since Inauguration Day, Saturday s cold open followed the trend, taking aim only at Republicans in an impeachment-focused sketch.
Framed as an episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight, the sketch mocked the Fox News host, as well as Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, Tex Cruz and Mitch McConnell.
Trump s impeachment defense lawyers Bruce Castor and Michael T. van der Veen came in for special derision in the sketch, which mocked them as bumbling and incompetent.