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The Jan. 6 hearings person been prime political fodder for months, and they proceed to get the late-night drama treatment, this week serving arsenic the acold unfastened for "Saturday Night Live."
Kenan Thompson opened the show presiding as Jan. 6 committee president Rep. Bennie Thompson during the closing statements of the hearings, calling the onslaught astatine the U.S. Capitol 1 of the astir "dramatic and consequential moments successful our nation's history."
"So to combat back, we assembled a squad of monotone nerds to bash a PowerPoint," Thompson says.
Heidi Gardner arsenic Rep. Liz Cheney jokes crossed the aisle: "Whether you're a Republican who's not watching oregon a Democrat who's nodding truthful hard your caput is falling off, 1 idiosyncratic is liable for this insurrection: Donald Trump. And 1 idiosyncratic volition endure the consequences: me."
Cheney (Gardner), daughter of the erstwhile vice president successful the George W. Bush administration, brings up her governmental power-player father. "You mightiness beryllium wondering what makes maine truthful tough. And I inquire you, who was your dad? Is it Dick Cheney?"
She adds: "I conjecture you could accidental I person large Dick Cheney energy."
Earlier this week during the existent hearing, the committee showed footage of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence conferring connected the authorities of the Capitol. Saturday's occurrence of the sketch drama series showed its ain clips from the video, with Chloe Fineman's Pelosi connected the telephone with Pence.
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"Yes, hello, Mr. Vice President, it's Speaker Pelosi. What is happening implicit there? Wait, when can we get backmost to the Capitol and resume the vote?"
Meanwhile, frenetic Rep. Chuck Schumer, played by Sarah Sherman, is much disquieted astir his luncheon bid being delivered.
"Hello, DoorDash? It's Chuck Schumer. Yes, we inactive haven't received immoderate of our luncheon order! And I did alteration the drop-off determination owed to immoderate unfortunate treason, but it inactive should person arrived by now," Sherman says.
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Later successful the acold open, Fineman is backmost connected the telephone arsenic Pelosi.
"Mr. Vice President, it's Speaker Pelosi again," arsenic Sherman's Schumer butts in: "Tell them I'm here, too!"
"Where is President Trump? What is helium doing to halt this?" Fineman asks. "And hi, Mike! It's Chuck Schumer. I'm present arsenic well," Sherman says.
"Let maine archer you, if Trump comes present close now, I'm gonna punch him close successful the face. I'll spell to jail, but I'll beryllium happy," Fineman says.
"And I'll archer you if Trump comes, I'm gonna fto him punch me successful the face. I'll spell to the hospital, escaped soup," Sherman says.
Gardner's Cheney says that erstwhile President Trump, spoofed by James Austin Johnson, had "planned to state triumph (in the 2020 election) no substance the results."
"You cognize the votes don't matter, I've ever said that, that the votes don't substance astatine all. Because what even is a vote?" Johnson's Trump asks connected a telephone call, saying "it's conscionable a portion of insubstantial you fold up and enactment it successful a chapeau a feline shakes around."
As the camera cuts away, helium yells out, "Is Mike Pence dormant yet?"
The "Weekend Update" conception besides took a changeable astatine Trump and the hearings.
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"After the Jan. 6 committee subpoenaed Donald Trump, Trump responded the adjacent time with a 14-page letter," anchor Colin Jost says. "14 pages. OK, Unabomber."
"I don't cognize if this is simply a coincidence," Jost adds, "but Trump wrote the missive connected the aforesaid time the FDA confirmed the federation is experiencing a shortage of Adderall. I conscionable cognize from acquisition successful college, immoderate clip I wrote a 14-page insubstantial successful 1 night, I had besides taken a disturbing magnitude of Adderall."
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