With a week full of political scandals, the Weekend Update crew had a lot to work on on “Saturday Night Live.” Naturally, the Republican Senate candidate from Georgia, Herschel Walker, came early in the segment, with Colin Jost and Michael Che emphasizing the fact that Walker took advantage of his latest scandal to raise more campaign money.
Last week, The Daily Beast informed of That Walker, who has been outspoken anti-abortion, paid for a girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, which included images of the woman on a “Get Well” card, Walker allegedly sent her checks covering expenses. was sent with Later in the week, it was reported again by The Daily Beast that the woman accused did indeed have a child with Herschel Walker in 2011—though he reportedly encouraged her to have an abortion. During the saga, Walker is denied Reports as “flat-out” and “outrageous” lies, threatening legal action.
But, he also raised half a million dollars in Fallout.
“Cause the dollar is the only thing Walker Is Ready to raise,” Michael Che joked during Weekend Update.
Che scoffed at Walker’s refusal to ever send women’s funds, with the Georgia Senate candidate saying he sends money to “a lot of people” for a variety of reasons. “‘You know, before adding ‘for abortion’!” Che joked.
But Walker wasn’t the only Weekend Update target. Che and Jost also ridiculed the week’s scandals of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican Senate candidate from Pennsylvania – which involved giving a speech in front of Hitler’s car – joking that he and Walker were “losing” their respective political races. trying”. ,
You can watch the full Weekend Update segment from “SNL” in the video above.