SNL's Halloween Special Doubles Down on Leftist Mockery of Trump and Israel
The late‑night show’s Halloween edition featured a Pennywise cameo and jokes targeting President Trump, while the New York Post accused its comedians of slandering Israel and labeling them “sick comics.”
The Halloween edition of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update featured a cameo by Ben Marshall’s Pennywise, a clear example of the show’s sensationalist stunt.
Weekend Update also aired jokes about President Trump’s recent remarks about candidates’ posteriors, and Variety quoted Vice President JD Vance saying, "Even Vice President JD Vance came out and said that he was jealous that President Trump has never complimented his butt. What the hell is going on!"
The New York Post ran a headline claiming that Saturday Night Live slanders Israel again, and its excerpt accused comedians including Michael Che of making Jews the butt of jokes, calling them "sick comics like Michael Che."
Original reporting
Variety
‘SNL’ Weekend Update Finally Weighs in on Israel
The Halloween edition of “SNL” Weekend Update saw a cameo by Ben Marshall’s Pennywise as well as some jabs at President Trump’s recent obsession with candidates’ posteriors. “Even Vice President JD Vance came out and said that he was jealous that President Trump has never complimented his butt. What the hell is going on! Your […]
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‘Saturday Night Live’ slanders Israel — again
To the Hollywood numbskulls and their disciples, Jews are the enemy. The only villains. And to sick comics like Michael Che, the butts of twisted jokes.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- The Halloween edition of "SNL" Weekend Update featured a cameo by Ben Marshall's Pennywise.
- "SNL" Weekend Update included jokes about President Trump's recent remarks about candidates' posteriors, according to Variety.
- "Even Vice President JD Vance came out and said that he was jealous that President Trump has never complimented his butt. What the hell is going on!" (as quoted by Variety from the SNL Weekend Update segment)
- The New York Post published a headline stating that "Saturday Night Live" slanders Israel again.
- The New York Post excerpt says comics including Michael Che make Jews the butt of jokes; the Post describes the comics as "sick comics like Michael Che."
- "Saturday Night Live" (SNL)
- Ben Marshall
- Pennywise (character cameo)
- President Trump
- Vice President JD Vance
- Michael Che
- Israel
- Halloween edition
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