“Saturday Night time Dwell” tackled the ultimate listening to of the Home Jan. 6 committee in its chilly open, that includes tough-as-nails Rep. Liz Cheney (Heidi Gardner), goofy Sen. Chuck Schumer (Sarah Sherman) desperately calling DoorDash about mustard the day of the Capitol revolt, and James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump flopping round in a phrase mush.
“Whether or not you’re a Republican who’s not watching or a Democrat who’s nodding so laborious your head is falling off, one individual is liable for this revolt: Donald Trump. And one individual will endure the results: me,” mentioned Gardner’s Cheney.
However she will be able to deal with it as a result of she was raised by her infamous dad Dick Cheney, who taught her methods to “shoot a deer within the face.” She’s been channeling “massive Dick Cheney” vitality ever since.
Who tried to save lots of the day on Jan. 6? Huge-eyed Nancy Pelosi (Chloe Fineman) and Schumer, who demanded within the various universe of “SNL” that DoorDash come by means of with the lunch orders someplace within the Capitol regardless that lawmakers underneath siege had been pressured to vary the supply spot.
Then right here was “Trump,” sitting on the bathroom the day earlier than the election.
“You recognize the votes don’t matter. I’ve all the time mentioned that the votes don’t matter in any respect. As a result of what even is a vote? It’s only a piece of paper you fold up and put it in a hat, a man shakes it round,” he defined.
“Trump” immediately claimed fictional character Apollo Creed from the “Rocky” franchise “is a really shut buddy of mine. We discuss on the cellphone daily. … He ought to by no means have died in that ring. … The place’s the Obamacare?”
“Is Mike Pence lifeless but?” Thomas’ Trump lastly requested to gasps from the “SNL” viewers.
Kenan Thompson’s Rep. Bennie Thompson concluded: “We tried. It was a enjoyable nation whereas it lasted.”