{"id":129803,"date":"2021-02-14T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=129803"},"modified":"2021-02-14T11:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:13:14","slug":"saturday-night-live-mocks-dumbest-impeachment-trial-after-trump-acquitted-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturday-night-live-mocks-dumbest-impeachment-trial-after-trump-acquitted-again\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Mocks \u2018Dumbest\u2019 Impeachment Trial After Trump Acquitted Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsaturday-night-live-mocks-dumbest-impeachment-trial-after-trump-acquitted-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=129803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jost-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Just as it has for the last four years, the uber-liberal \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d show opened with Trump, Trump, Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But during the show\u2019s \u201cWeekend Update,\u201d the anchors mocked the partisan, pointless impeachment trial, which predictably ended with former President Donald Trump\u2019s acquittal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, like so many other men living in Florida, Donald Trump has once again escaped from justice,\u201d said co-host Colin Jost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has to be the dumbest trial I\u2019ve ever seen. Here\u2019s how dumb it was: the jurors who were deciding the case were the ones attacked by the defender; the trial took place at the scene of the crime; and then right after the trial ended, one of the jurors who voted to acquit Trump ran out and said,&nbsp;\u2018Someone\u2019s gotta\u2019 prosecute this guy. He did it. This man belongs in jail!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This weekend\u2019s update! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HuNz3BjWBy\">pic.twitter.com\/HuNz3BjWBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Live \u2013 SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1360830611590635520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jost was referring to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who called the trial unconstitutional and voted to acquit Trump, but later said: \u201cHe didn\u2019t get away with anything yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is still liable for everything he did while in office,\u201d McConnell said after the vote to acquit Trump on charges he incited the&nbsp;Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. \u201cWe have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jost, though, didn\u2019t mention that it was also the \u201cdumbest trial\u201d because the Senate is split 50-50 between the two parties and a vote to convict requires 67 senators to vote \u201cguilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The co-host also said it\u2019s appropriate for a president to be impeached for \u201csending a mob to kill the vice president.\u201d Jost said he sympathized with former&nbsp;Vice President Mike Pence because \u201c43 of his work friends were like, \u2018Come on, Mike, they only tried to hang you. Stop being such a drama queen.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the comedian suggested that President Joe Biden should inform liberal rioters that they can head to the U.S. Capitol because in their acquittal of Trump, senators \u201csaid it was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Second Impeachment Trial Cold Open - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjE5m5JEuVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the how\u2019s cold open, cast member Kate McKinnon portrayed Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who said the acquittal was a \u201cgreat day for 30% of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKinnon\u2019s Graham also said that with the end of the trial, the government could focus on important issues like \u201clocking up Hillary [Clinton] and freeing beautiful Britney Spears,\u201d a reference to the \u201cFree Britney\u201d movement over the pop singer\u2019s court-ordered conservatorship.<\/p>\n<p>The sketch also targeted Trump\u2019s defense team, including Bruce Castor, who delivered a rambling opening statement on the trial\u2019s first day. \u201cHello senators and other serious people. I want to apologize for being unprepared last time I was out here \u2014 wife bought decaf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And cast member Beck Bennett portrayed McConnell, who said now that the trial is over, he plans to \u201creach my hand across the aisle and then yank it back and slide it across my hair and say \u2018Too slow!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as it has for the last four years, the uber-liberal \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d show opened with Trump, Trump, Trump. 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