I’ve been watching Saturday Night Live since their original season in 1975 and I’ve never seen a better Cold Open than this one. It parodies Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and Lindsey Graham as Deranged Donald’s most obsequious sycophants appearing together on Meet the Press.
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At one point Kyle Mooney playing Chuck Todd asks Kate McKinnon playing Lindsey Graham: “Let’s say Trump open hand slapped you in the face. What would you you say then?” and McKinnon answers “Harder Daddy!”
Cecily Strong’s portal of Susan Collins was particularly scathing. Kyle Mooney playing Todd poses a hypothetical question: “But he (Mueller) says Trump colluded with the Russians.” Strong as Collins responds: “Well I’d have to write a strongly worded email and send it straight to my drafts folder.”
There’s a lot to unpack here.