The cast of Saturday Night Live mocked the January 6th Committee’s grand finale while poking fun at Liz Cheney, and Democrats Like Nancey Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), played by veteran cast member Kenan Thompson, held hands with his “best friend,” committee co-chair Liz Cheney (R-WY), played by Heidi Gardner, who expressed regret over her decision to commit her political career to fighting the former president:
“Whether you’re a Republican who’s not watching or a Democrat who’s nodding so hard your head is falling off, one person is responsible for this insurrection, Donald Trump, and one person will suffer the consequences, me.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), played by Andrew Dismukes, revealed that he stole one of Thompson’s cupcakes, which the committee chairman had promised to everyone as a treat at the end, before directing viewers to watch footage of Pelosi and Schumer on the phone with Pence.
A frazzled and furious Pelosi, played by Chloe Fineman, could be seen on the phone with the outgoing vice president while sitting next to a distracted Schumer, played by Sarah Sherman.
As Pelosi asked when and how they’d be able to leave their secure location and return to the Capitol to certify President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, Schumer attempted to complete a DoorDash food delivery order.
“If Trump comes, I’m gonna punch him out, and then I’m going to jail,” Fineman’s Pelosi warned, mimicking the real words the House speaker said during the aired segment, to which Sherman’s Schumer responded: “Let me tell you, if Trump comes, I’m gonna let him punch me in the face. I’ll go to the hospital. Free soup.”
“Hello, DoorDash? It’s Chuck Schumer,” Sherman later said as the Senate Democratic leader. “Yes, we still haven’t received our lunch order. And I did change our drop-off location due to some unfortunate treason, but it should have arrived by now.”
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It’s obvious that the SNL crew favored Cheney in their skit but the rest of their characters are spot on. I don’t know about you but their ‘smiling’ Adam Schiff cracked me up.
