The Trump campaign condemned “Saturday Night Live” for joking about the two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump this year.
NBC’s sketch comedy show began its 50th season with a cold open that focused on the 2024 presidential election. Cast member James Austin Johnson, returning as Trump, portrayed the GOP presidential nominee at one of his campaign rallies.
“We love my rallies, except when someone does a bing bong bing bing bing, right at me,” Johnson’s Trump said as he used his hands to mimic the shooting of guns. “You know, that happened because of the rhetoric of the radical Left.”
“They say that me blaming the Democrats for inciting violence is the pot calling the kettle black. But frankly, I didn’t know the kettle was black until very recently. I thought the kettle was Indian, but then it decided to turn black,” he added, a nod to comments…
