SNL: When Baldwin’s Trump Asks Who Loves His Cabinet, Answer Deflates Him

SNL: When Baldwin’s Trump Asks Who Loves His Cabinet, Answer Deflates Him

If there is any upside to the Trump “administration,” it is the prospect that the incompetence and destruction in Washington will be lampooned weekly on Saturday Night Live with savage effect by Alec Baldwin and the SNL cast, now including Kate McKinnon as Kellyanne Conway. On last night’s SNL cold open, “Trump” greeted “Kellyanne” in his New Jersey golf club office by asking whether the country “loves” his appointments so far. Staring morosely at her phone, she read a tweet of fulsome praise — from former KKK chief David Duke.

And then Mitt Romney (Jason Sudeikis), who memorably called Trump “a con man,” showed up…

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North Carolina GOP's Extremist Nominees Excite Democratic Strategists

Michele Morrow

In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly missed capturing North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes, losing the state by a slim 1.4-percentage-point margin. But that was nearly four years ago. Before the Dobbs decision. Before Donald Trump’s 91 felony indictments. And before last week, when the state’s GOP voters nominated a guy who favorably quotes Hitler, has compared LGBTQ+ people to insects and larvae, and thinks a six-week abortion ban isn’t quite extreme enough for governor. Tar Heel State Republicans also nominated another extremist, Michele Morrow, for superintendent of the state’s schools.

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