6 committee closing statements took center stage this week during a “Saturday Night Live” chill, and yes, Nancy Pelosi’s “I’m about to punch her” comment was addressed.
Kenan Thompson opened the sketch as Rep. Benny Thompson, who explained that the committee was formed to fight against the US government’s attempted rebellion: “We assembled a team of monotone nerds to do a powerpoint. “
Heidi Gardner’s Liz Cheney shouted at the Democratic/Republican Divide Over panel, saying, “Whether you’re the Republican who isn’t watching or the Democrat who is working so hard your head is falling, there’s one person responsible for this rebellion.” It’s Donald Trump, and one person will face the consequences, me.”
This led to an extended crackdown on Cheney’s decision to be so vocally anti-Trump as a result of being picked up by Dick Cheney. “You might wonder, How do you have the guts to take your entire party alone? And I’ll say, Who tucked you in at night? Was it Dick Cheney?” She said, “I guess you could say I have big Dick Cheney energy.”
Cold Open addressed the documentary footage that surfaced earlier this week on Nancy Pelosi’s phone trying to capture then-Vice President Mike Pence. Chloe Fineman played Pelosi, which largely rested on what was said in the documentary footage, while Sarah Sherman’s Chuck Schumer appeared as a clumsy presence, using His Phone to order DoorDash.
We saw Fineman’s Pelosi make verbatim remarks from the speaker’s “If Trump comes, I’ll kick him out, and then I’m going to jail,” to which Schumer quipped, “Let me tell you.” If Trump comes, I’m gonna punch him in my face. I’ll go to the hospital. Free soup.”
Cold open to “footage” of Trump on the toilet during the rebellion, James Austin gives Johnson’s impeccable Trump impersonation more airplay as he goes down the rabbit hole of the idea why votes don’t matter and Uncle Sam’s A phone call before saying in the hat, “Is Mike Pence dead yet?” The line attracted some gasping from the studio audience and even caused Kenan Thompson to stop before his next line.
The sketch concluded with Thompson saying, “I want to thank my colleagues for wasting their summers, and in some cases their careers, to work on this committee. America, I don’t know what else we can show you, except this clip from Nancy Pelosi’s Poo Poo.
At which point, yes, they cut a clip of Pelosi of Fineman saying “poo poo.”
Watch a clip from the sketch in the player above And another clip below.
