Dec 6, 2020 - Politics & Policy

"SNL" skewers Michigan state election fraud hearing in cold open

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A photo of the NBC cast parodying the Michigan state legislature hearing on Rudy Giuliani's baseless election claims. — Photo: Will Heath/NBC

"Saturday Night Live" returned after a monthlong break with a parody in the cold open of this week's Michigan State Legislature hearing on the Trump campaign's unfounded claims of election fraud.

Details: Kate McKinnon's Rudy Giuliani vowed to introduce "highly intelligent, barely intoxicated individuals" as witnesses. Enter Cecily Strong as Melissa Carone, a Dominion Voting Systems contractor and Trump supporter, who was likened to an "SNL" character after she claimed during testimony that "dead people voted."

"I personally saw hundreds if not thousands of dead people vote," says Strong's Carone in a slurred speech. "I'm not lying. I signed an after David."
Actor Jason Bateman was the "SNL" host and Morgan Wallen was the musical guest.

Of note: Republican leaders in Michigan have said they "have not yet been aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election" in the state.

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"SNL" skewers Michigan state election fraud hearing in cold open

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