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A brand new ballot carried out by The New York Times and Siena College indicated that voters have a variety of considerations about President Biden within the months earlier than the 2024 presidential election. But “Saturday Night Live” gave a few of Biden’s advocates — or, no less than, the solid members impersonating them — the chance to dispel these anxieties and argue that he isn’t too previous to proceed within the job.
In its opening sketch, “S.N.L.,” which was hosted this week by Sydney Sweeney and featured the musical visitor Kasey Musgraves, provided a parody of CNN’s “Inside Politics” with Dana Bash.
Heidi Gardner, taking part in Bash, started her program with Michael Longfellow, who was taking part in Gov. Gavin Newsom of California,
“I perceive that folks care concerning the president’s age, however what they need to care about is his report,” Longfellow stated. “Look at what Joe Biden has executed for America. He’s created extra jobs than any president in historical past. Inflation is down. The Shamrock Shake is again and Beyoncé has gone nation. Thank you, Joe.”
When Gardner instructed that Biden would possibly lack youthful vigor, Longfellow countered that he had simply come from a gathering with him concerning the border.
“He had charts, tables, PowerPoints,” Longfellow stated. “He had an interactive AR show on the Apple Vision Pro that he programmed himself. The software program is perhaps in beta, however the man, he’s in alpha.”
“I’m somewhat skeptical this is similar man folks name Sleepy Joe,” Gardner stated.
“Well, he has to sleep, Dana,” Longfellow stated. “But even when he’s sleeping, he’s on. The different day he was taking a nap and I whipped a baseball at him and he caught it like De Niro in ‘Awakenings.’ Lightning fast.”
Ego Nwodim, taking part in the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, described Biden as “essentially the most vigorous man I’ve ever identified.”
She displayed parts of what she stated was Biden’s schedule, together with a 7 a.m. entry for a SoulCycle class (“And I’m not speaking about taking one,” she stated. “He leads it”) and an 8:30 a.m. entry for a pace chess match that he wins at 8:32.
Other friends included Marcello Hernández as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (who stated he stated Biden ought to go “into beast mode,” after which he “Parkoured as much as the highest of the border wall”) and Devon Walker because the Golden State Warriors energy ahead Draymond Green (“That man can soar so excessive that I noticed him seize a greenback off the highest of the backboard and depart some change”).
Finally, Longfellow tried to carry the president onto the present in a FaceTime name. He related with the present’s resident Biden impersonator, Mikey Day, who advised him, “Hey, maintain on, I’m simply going to show up the amount — simply gotta discover a button.” So saying, he promptly disconnected the decision.
Sketch we want we’d gotten to see of the week
This filmed section, which imagines that the solid member Bowen Yang is secretly straight and probably open to a romantic relationship with Sweeney, is ok so far as it goes.It’s enjoyable to see Yang throwing himself right into a chest bump along with his colleagues or devoting himself to an intense spherical of an internet taking pictures recreation. Still, we’ll at all times surprise what might have been constituted of the throwaway pitch Day suggests right here for a musical sketch parody known as “Sydney Sweeney Todd.” Ah effectively — perhaps subsequent week we’ll get “Merrily We (Josh) Brolin Along.”
Weekend Update jokes of the week
Over on the Weekend Update desk, the anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che riffed on President Biden’s and former President Donald Trump’s dueling visits to the Southern border and Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would step down as Republican chief within the Senate.
Jost started:
President Biden visited the southern border on Thursday and was horrified to found it’s being swarmed by criminals and rapists. [His screen shows picture of Trump] That’s proper, each Biden and Trump coincidentally visited the border on the identical day. Which sounds just like the setup for the weirdest rom-com of all time. [His screen shows a fake poster for a movie with Biden and Trump called “You’ve Got Migrants.”] My favourite a part of the go to was when Trump, who appears to be like good behind bars by the best way, lastly got here nose to nose along with his sworn enemies, the migrants. And I can’t imagine he had a reasonably robust message for them, have a look. [He played a portion of a video of Trump waving and saying, “They like Trump, can you believe it?”] No, I can’t imagine it. The migrants don’t such as you. They simply walked a thousand miles to get to this river. And they’re in all probability considering, is that weirdo in a Trump costume waving us into the nation?
Che continued:
Mitch McConnell, seen right here catching up on information from the Middle East, introduced that he’ll step down because the Republican chief within the Senate. McConnell has been chief for nearly 20 years, however he first bought concerned in politics again in 1968 when he misplaced a fiddle content material to the satan. Many are saying he’s leaving due to his dangerous relationship with Donald Trump. But come one, simply since you hate someone doesn’t imply you possibly can’t nonetheless have a really profitable working relationship with them. [He turned and smiled to an off-camera Jost]
Jost responded:
I virtually really feel like that was about me. Mitch McConnell, seen right here strolling out of a theater after seeing “12 Years a Slave,” introduced he’ll step down in November. He’ll get replaced by the present No. 2 republican within the Senate: a frozen embryo holding an assault rifle. Mitch McConnell, seen right here after rearranging a blind girl’s furnishings, gave a transferring speech on the Senate flooring saying his retirement, which truthfully made me begin to admire Mitch McConnell — seen right here watching a single mom promote her blood for diaper cash.
