'SNL' takes on notable Republicans before the midterm elections - CNN

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“Saturday Night Live” kicked disconnected this week’s occurrence with Heidi Gardner starring a PBS NewsHour focused connected 3 notable Republicans earlier the midterm elections successful little than 2 weeks.

First up was Herschel Walker, played by Kenan Thompson.

“My sanction is Herschel Walker Texas Ranger,” Thompson arsenic Walker said, kicking disconnected the acold unfastened of the NBC assortment show. “And I’m moving for president of the United Airlines.”

Next up: Dr. Mehmet Oz, played by Mikey Day.

“My Pennsylvania Phillies are successful the World Series, and I conscionable had a delicious Philadelphia food and steak. Yum!” Day’s Oz declared.

Finally: Kari Lake, played by Cecily Strong.

“Great to beryllium with you,” she said. “On your saccharine small amusement afloat of lies.”

Gardner arsenic the PBS NewsHour big noted each 3 person been doing good successful the polls lately contempt having nary governmental experience.

“And that’s wherever I don’t know,” Thompson’s Walker said erstwhile asked wherefore his enactment was growing. “The full satellite is simply a mystery, ain’t it? For example, a thermos it keeps the blistery things blistery but besides the acold things cold. My question is… however does it decide?”

This was followed up with the question of wherefore truthful galore Georgians, the authorities successful which Walker is moving for Senate, inactive enactment him contempt his galore controversies.

“Gas,” helium said.

The adjacent question went to Day’s Dr. Oz, who the PBS NewsHour big said has caught up to his Pennsylvania Senate contention opponent, John Fetterman.

“I was a agelong shot,” Day’s Dr. Oz said. “But I told myself you tin triumph this predetermination if you’re honest, you’re just and if your hostile has a debilitating aesculapian emergency.”

Fetterman had a stroke earlier this year.

Strong’s Lake responded to her emergence successful the polls by saying she was a “fighter” and had sent backmost “over 2 1000 salads” successful her lifetime.

“And I’m not acrophobic to bash the aforesaid happening with democracy,” she said.

Walker past asked to instrumentality the adjacent question and began to speech astir Pokémon.

Gardner’s PBS big mentioned that Lake has projected large changes to voting laws successful Arizona.

“If the radical of Arizona elite me, I’ll marque definite they ne'er person to ballot ever again,” Strong’s Lake said.

The conception past wrapped up with Thompson’s Walker saying “yippee ki-yay and spell Halloween” earlier the show’s signature drawback phrase, “Live… from New York! It’s Saturday night!”