SNL strikes sarcastic tone touting Trump victory: ‘We’ve been with you all along’ – Washington Examiner
In the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), the show opted for a sarcastic approach rather than a typical cold open sketch, presenting what appeared to be a message of support for President-elect Donald Trump following his election victory on November 5. The SNL cast, including Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and Marcello Hernández, humorously claimed to have always backed Trump despite previous criticisms. Thompson mentioned, “We have been with you all along,” while Yang reassured Trump of their unwavering support, and Hernández suggested the cast shouldn’t be on Trump’s enemies list, cheekily implying their support was genuine. This episode marked a noticeable shift in tone for the show, especially following the previous week’s hosting of Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
SNL strikes sarcastic tone touting Trump victory: ‘We’ve been with you all along’
Saturday Night Live did away with a cold open skit in its most recent episode and instead had a sarcastic message of support for President-elect Donald Trump.
Saturday’s episode was the first since Trump swept the Nov. 5 election with 312 electoral votes. Just a week earlier, the program hosted his opponent Vice President Kamala Harris on its program, but it changed its tone to poke fun at Trump in its announcement that he had won.
“That is why we at SNL would like to say to Donald Trump, we have been with you all along,” cast member Kenan Thompson said.
“We have never wavered in our support of you, even when others doubted you,” Bowen Yang said.
“Every single person on this stage believed in you,” Sarah Sherman said.
“Every single person on this stage voted for you,” Marcello Hernández said. Hernández then went on to suggest that the SNL cast members should not be on a list of his enemies. “But the rest of us, hail Trump, voted for you at least once.”
“I voted for you 50 times in Pennsylvania,” Heidi Gardner said, referring to Trump winning Pennsylvania, which elected President Joe Biden in 2020.
The show unveiled a new impersonation of Trump, which included James Austin Johnson’s iconic portrayal now in a tank top and muscled arms, which it called “hot jacked Trump.”
Later on SNL‘s “Weekend Update” segment, Colin Jost joked that Tuesday’s election was proof “that Democrats actually don’t know how to rig an election.” His co-anchor Michael Che joked, with an alcoholic beverage in hand, that as long as Trump was elected to office despite his 34 felony convictions, that he would continue listening to R. Kelly, the R&B artist that was convicted on child pornography charges two years ago.
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