Michael Che and Colin Jost had a running gag on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update,” cracking jokes about Mitch McConnell after announcing he was stepping down as Senate Republican leader.
Every time the photo (above) of McConnell appeared on screen, the SNL stars made a joke about what had the Senator so happy during that moment.
Che started the gag, saying McConnell was “catching up on news from the Middle East.” “McConnell has been leader for almost 20 years, but he first got involved in politics back in 1968 when he lost a fiddle contest to the devil,” Che quipped.
Jost continued the gag saying, “Mitch McConnell seen here walking out of a theater after watching 12 Years A Slave.” “He’ll be replaced by the current number two Republican in the Senate, a frozen embryo holding an assault rifle,” Jost joked.
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