‘SNL’ Cold Open: Desperate GOP Finds Solution for Dopey ‘Herschel Walker’ - Rolling Stone

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With the Georgia runoff approaching, the gaffe-prone campaigner is lured into a peculiar place.

Saturday Night Live‘s past occurrence earlier the Georgia Senate runoff began with acrophobic Republicans successful Congress figuring retired what to bash with campaigner Herschel Walker successful bid to boost their chances of capturing the Democratic-held seat.

The trio of James Austin Johnson arsenic Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mikey Day arsenic Sen. John Cornyn and Cecily Strong arsenic Sen. Marsha Blackburn met for a treatment with Walker, played by Kenan Thompson, who promptly addressed the Kentucky legislator arsenic “Mitch McDonalds.”

“I’m atrocious I’m late,” Thompson began. “I was having excessively overmuch amusive in that escaped merry spell circular y’all got retired front.”

“That’s a revolving door, Herschel. Have a seat,” Johnson replied.

When Strong stressed the value of the runoff contention against Sen. Raphael Warnock, Thompson appeared confident.

“Well, I’m bully astatine those. My ex-wife said each I do is tally off,” helium said, alluding to the multiple reports of Walker’s less than stellar narration history.

“The predetermination is this Tuesday,” Johnson reminded him. “They’ve already started counting votes by mail.”

“Right,” Thompson responded. “But you got to remember: they inactive got to number votes by female.”

After Thompson made different gaffe-like comments reminiscent of actual quotations from Walker, similar astir the differences between vampires and werewolves, the 3 senators held a backstage gathering by tossing a broad implicit Walker’s caput truthful helium could autumn dormant “like a parakeet.”

“So conscionable to beryllium clear, our past hope to triumph this twelvemonth is Herschel Walker?” Day asked incredulously.