Saturday night live took another turn in the 2024 presidential election in its latest episode, but this time with a twist: bringing the chaos of the debate to the stage family fighthosted by none other than Steve Harvey, played as always by Kenan Thompson.
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In the sketch, which was part of SNLIn the 50th anniversary season, Harvey moderates a wild game of “Democrats vs. Republicans.” On Team Democrat, Maya Rudolph returns as Kamala Harris, alongside Andy Samberg as Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Jim Gaffigan as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and SNL Legend Dana Carvey repeating her spot-on impression of President Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, on Team Republican, James Austin Johnson presents his perfect Donald Trump, joined by Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr. and Bowen Yang as Ohio Senator JD Vance. But if you’re wondering where Melania is, well, Trump himself can’t seem to keep track. As Johnson’s Trump jokes, the last time he saw her at his side was “two years ago.”
As expected with family fightthe game quickly went off the rails. Democrats easily scored points on “What’s in your glove compartment?” Kamala Harris answered “Gun” and Doug Emhoff followed with “A second gun,” the highest-scoring answer.
On the Republican side, only Donald Trump received the attention, while Trump Jr. and JD Vance were told to stay quiet. Bowen Yang’s Vance deadpanned, “They told us not to talk.”
It was a solid Cold Open to kick off Saturday’s affairs as Ariana Grande hosted before the premiere of Wickedwith Steve Nicks as guest musical performance. It will be interesting to see what will be cooked next week.