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Wil Jones
Feb 05, 2017

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Alec Baldwin’s take on Donald Trump for Saturday Night Live has been one of few enjoyable moments of US politics recently.
Baldwin isn’t actually a current cast member of SNL, but he’s appeared in nearly half this season so far.
After Trump entered the White House though, SNL needed to further expand their cast list in order to properly satirise it.
Taking on the White House Press Secretary this week, was Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy.
And she was absolutely amazing.
"I'm here to swallow gum. And I'm here to take names." #SNL https://t.co/bS6XdX1N7i— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@Saturday Night Live - SNL) 1486271592
She came out fighting, saying "I'm here to swallow gum. And I'm here to take names."
*lunges with podium* #SNL https://t.co/dam3OdX2FB— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@Saturday Night Live - SNL) 1486272229
Here's the full skit:
To be honest, Spicer got off lightly. This is how they portrayed Steve Bannon.
Opening of #SNL features Trump and Rasputin. I mean Steve Bannon. #WannaBeDictator https://t.co/LUWIsFy03p— rayissa palmer (@rayissa palmer) 1486269355
Here's that cold open in full:
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