During the most recent episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, new cast member Emil Wakim claimed that “the real American dream” is to be the non-white immigrant who eventually becomes a Republican and says to others, “No, sorry, sorry, white guys only.” Later in his address, Wakim would also attack critics of people like Gays for Gaza, telling them that “If you want them to be gay, just stop bombing them.”
Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost set things up by wondering, “So, how are you feeling going into the election?”
Wakim began, “I feel good. I know who I’m voting for, but I don’t know who my dad is voting for, you know, because my dad’s an immigrant, but, like, he made it in this country, like he made it against all odds, like he made it so hard that he’s a Republican now.”
For Wakim, being a Republican means being a…
