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Kenan Thompson managed to slip a cursory mention of the murder of Tire Nichols by Memphis cops into Saturday Night Live’s independent Cold Open sketch this week. And Colin Jost and Michael Che seemed to agree that the week’s biggest news story was just too grim to joke about it on Weekend Update.
Instead, the pair focused on Facebook welcoming Donald Trump back onto their platform after a two-year ban – “this time they’re going to put up guardrails to keep him under control, which I think is the same as what they say every time if they try to reopen Jurassic Park” – and the search for secret documents in the homes of former presidents.
Then came this joke from Che about a hearing on Capitol Hill this week: “During Senate hearings investigating Live Nation and its monopoly over concert ticket sales, fans of Taylor Swift protested outside the Capitol. Awww that’s cute. And just two years after their fathers were there.”
A photo of right-wing insurgents appeared on screen as the live audience groaned in response – and Jost gleefully took in his co-host’s punchline.
From there, Jost moved on to a joke about Florida Senator Rick Scott promising to complete the US-Mexico border wall and naming it after Donald Trump. “Even though most things named after Donald Trump are complete failures,” he joked as the photo of Donald Trump Jr. appeared on the screen beside him.
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