'Saturday Night Live' targets Marjorie Taylor Greene, GameStop in return to air

Source: The Hill | January 31, 2021 | Dominick Mastrangelo

“Saturday Night Live” returned for a new year, poking fun at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the coronavirus vaccine rollout and a Wall Street crisis during the show’s cold open.

In a segment titled “What Still Works?” actress and comedian Kate McKinnon hosted a mock talk show with a slew of fellow cast members spoofing various figures in the news in recent weeks.

Among them was Greene. 

“Thanks for having me,” comedian Cecily Strong, portraying Greene, tells McKinnon, immediately offering her a handgun. 

McKinnon then asks about some of the conspiracy theories Greene promoted on social media before being elected to Congress in November. 

Strong’s Greene rattles off a list of false claims about the 2018 Parkland school shooting and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, asking, “Did anyone actually see it happen?” 

McKinnon, apparently concerned and perplexed, asks, “You’re a U.S. representative?” and presses her about what her colleagues on Capitol Hill have done in response to her statements.  

“They promoted me to the Education Committee,” Strong’s Greene says. 

“So government does not work,” McKinnon replies. 

Fellow cast member Pete Davidson joined McKinnon next, playing the role of a man identified as the “majority shareholder of GameStop.”

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