‘SNL’ mocked Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump’s social media network’s approval of ‘Weekend Update’

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“Saturday Night Live” took to both sides of the political aisle during the latest “Weekend Update” segment.

Co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che returned to the fake news desk of the sketch show on Saturday where they opened things up with jokes at the expense of Republicans like Steve Bannon, who recently voted the House to be seen to be disgusted.

Jost began by noting that, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the longtime ally and aide to former President Donald Trump was held in contempt of a subpoena from the committee investigating the violent uprising. Capitol on Jan. 6. However, the comedian said negative attention is still a positive thing for Bannon.

“This is what Bannon wants, it just plays on his whole persecuted Messiah complex,” he said. “Bannon is like Jesus as if he was 3 days dead.”

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Che then took over to lambaste the Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Cinema for keeping Republicans and said she would not tax the rich to pay for President Joe Biden’s agenda.

“Finally, someone speaks for billionaires, because it’s so hard to hear them from space,” joked Che, showing a graphic depicting Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who both have companies dedicated to traveling to galaxy.

They closed their jabs on Republicans by criticizing that Trump announced the release of his own social media network titled TRUTH Social.

“But most people know their original name, the National Sex Offender Registry,” Che mocked.

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Colin Jost and Michael Che mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the latest addition of ‘Weekend Update.’ (Will Heath / NBC)

Proving that everything is fair when it comes to grilling “Weekend Update,” the duo then move on to getting jabs at President Biden in his rating approval. They noticed that, over the weekend, Biden told a city hall that he didn’t have time to visit the southern border.

“Though his approval rating has,” Jost mocked along a graphic of the dipping approval rating of the president, which also made good comedic fodder for the episode’s cold open.

Jost added: “Insiders also say that, in meetings, President Biden repeatedly uses the f-word in conversation. More relevant, the f-word he continues to use is ‘forget.’ “

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Elsewhere in the segment, host Jason Sudeikis changed a role he previously played on the show when he was a cast member – The Devil. He joins hosts to take credit for recent things over the past five years since he was off the show like earthquakes, Instagram for kids, climate change, winning Astros and more.

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At one point he joked that Prince Andrew kept calling him and Rush Limbaugh was “speaking my ear” to Hell. Sudeikis ended the segment by joking to Jost that he would go back to their agreement that allowed him to marry actress Scarlett Johansson.

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