The Jan. 6 hearings have been prime political fodder for months, and they continue to get the late-night comedy treatment, this week serving as the cold open for 'Saturday Night Live.'
opened the show presiding as Jan. 6 committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson during the closing statements of the hearings, calling the attack at the U.S. Capitol one of the most"dramatic and consequential moments in our nation's history."Heidi Gardner as Rep. Liz Cheney jokes across the aisle:"Whether you're a Republican who's not watching or a Democrat who's nodding so hard your head is falling off, one person is responsible for this insurrection: Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, frenetic Rep. Chuck Schumer, played by Sarah Sherman, is more worried about his lunch order being delivered. "Where is President Trump? What is he doing to stop this?" Fineman asks."And hi, Mike! It's Chuck Schumer. I'm here as well," Sherman says. Gardner's Cheney says that former President Trump, spoofed by James Austin Johnson, had"planned to declare victory no matter the results."
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