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SNL mocks its own anti-Trump stance with ‘support’ for his win: ‘Been with you all along’
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SNL mocks its own anti-Trump stance with ‘support’ for his win: ‘Been with you all along’

“Saturday Night Live” voiced its clear opposition to Donald Trump during its first cold open following his election victory this week, with the show’s actors pretending to support him throughout.

The show started off on a deadly serious note, with cast member Ego Nwodim saying that Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris was “shocking and even horrifying” to many people. As the cast solemnly noted, there were now no protections for those “brave enough to speak out against him,” the punchline coming when cast member Kenan Thompson said, “We at SNL would like to say to Donald Trump: We are with you’ve been him all the time.”

“We have never wavered in our support of you even when others doubted you,” said cast member Bowen Yang.

The sketch went on to joke that the entire liberal cast voted for Trump and wanted their children to emulate him, and that they would betray anyone at SNL who voted for Harris.

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The cast members of Saturday Night Live jokingly seemed solemn about Donald Trump’s election victory. (NBC/SNL)

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James Austin Johnson, who plays Trump, appeared to don a muscle bodysuit for SNL’s new impression of “hot, jacked Trump,” as he rolled his eyes. Dana Carvey also made a cameo to parody billionaire Elon Musk, who the cast also claims to support.

“Hail Trump,” Thompson said at one point.

Comedian Bill Burr hosted the episode Saturday and addressed the election in his monologue, telling the “ladies” to stop with the pantsuits.

“Ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy,” Burr said. “Enough with the pantsuits. It doesn’t work. Stop trying to have respect for yourself. You don’t win office like you do with policy, you know? You have to clean it up a little bit. I’m not saying you have to go all the way.” Hooters. Find the happy medium between Applebee’s and your father didn’t stick around.”

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Burr went on to ridicule undecided voters in the race and also suggested that Trump survived his first assassination attempt because of his “herky jerky movements” on stage.

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Bill Burr hosts SNL on November 9, 2024. (NBC/SNL)

“That man is a lunatic,” Burr said of Trump. “I mean, he literally got shot and immediately jumped back up and started screaming in the direction the bullets were coming from, unarmed. That’s not a normal human being. I would have been in the fetal position on the ground, like, ‘I want not’.” I don’t want the job! Tell her she won!'”

Burr memorably appeared on “Conan” after Trump’s inauguration in 2017 and surprised liberal audiences by criticizing Hillary Clinton for botching the election.

SNL has done little over the years to hide its mockery of Trump, who hosted the show twice, including during his first presidential run in 2015. Trump quickly fell out of favor on SNL, which openly celebrated his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020.

It also did its best to boost Harris, giving her a guest spot on the final show before the election last week. She appeared on Saturday evening as the ‘mirror image’ of herself, played by Maya Rudolph, at the end of the cold open day in front of a cheering audience.

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Donald and Melania Trump greet guests at Mar-a-Lago

Republican presidential candidates, former President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Barron Trump, arrive at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Two days later, Trump easily defeated Harris, completing a remarkable political comeback and becoming only the second president ever to win non-consecutive terms.

This time the show tried to get some laughs out in the cold open after struggling with a disappointing election result.

SNL mourned Clinton’s loss to Trump in 2016, featuring actress Kate McKinnon as Clinton played “Hallelujah” on the piano and tearfully told the audience that she “wasn’t giving up, and neither should you.”

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The show later parodied liberals who confidently predicted that a Republican would never win the White House again and were confident that Clinton would win.