{"id":2380227,"date":"2024-12-15T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-pokes-at-trumps-good-year-could-happen-to-a-nicer-guy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T09:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:41:52","slug":"snl-pokes-at-trumps-good-year-could-happen-to-a-nicer-guy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-pokes-at-trumps-good-year-could-happen-to-a-nicer-guy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL pokes at Trump&#8217;s &#8216;good year&#8217;: &#8216;Could happen to a nicer guy&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fsnl-pokes-at-trumps-good-year-could-happen-to-a-nicer-guy-washington-examiner%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=2380227&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--><p>The article discusses a recent episode \u200cof &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;\u200c (SNL) hosted by \u200bcomedian Chris \u2064Rock, where he humorously commented on the recent \u200cevents \u2063surrounding President-elect Donald Trump.The \u2062episode marked the first as Trump was named Time Magazine&#8217;s\u200d 2024 \u2063Person\u200b of the Year. Rock&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">skits \u200dincluded jabs<\/a> at Trump regarding his &#8220;good year&#8221; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-triumphant-return-to-rnc-arena-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump makes triumphant return to RNC arena - Washington Examiner\">surviving assassination attempts<\/a> and the implications of his potential reelection. The \u2064piece illustrates SNL&#8217;s characteristic blend\u200b of comedy and political commentary, highlighting the\u2063 show&#8217;s ongoing engagement with current events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">SNL pokes at Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;good year&rsquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/signs-of-enthusiasm-for-trump-and-harris-may-be-fading-ahead-of-election-day-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Signs of enthusiasm for Trump and Harris may be fading ahead of Election Day - Washington Examiner\">assassination attempt survival<\/a>, 2024 win, and Time magazine cover: &lsquo;Could happen to a nicer guy&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1911875\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chris Rock<\/a> hosted <em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Saturday Night Live&rsquo;s<\/a> <\/em>latest episode, where he offered commentary on President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This episode was the first since Trump&nbsp;was named&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3258446\/trump-named-time-2024-person-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Time&rsquo;s&nbsp;2024 Person of the Year\"><em>Time&rsquo;s<\/em>&nbsp;2024 Person of the Year<\/a> this week. This followed a tradition since 2000 in which the candidate who wins the U.S. presidential election every fourth year&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/time-person-of-the-year\/29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">becomes&nbsp;<em>Time&rsquo;s&nbsp;<\/em>Person of the Year<\/a>, with former President George W. Bush winning it twice in 2000 and 2004 and former President Barack Obama doing so in 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump had a good year, man.&nbsp;Trump survived an assassination&nbsp;attempt.&nbsp;Survived assassination attempt! Won the presidency again by&nbsp;winning the popular vote.&nbsp;Was just named <em>Time<\/em> Man of the&nbsp;Year.&nbsp;You know?&nbsp;It could happen to a nicer guy,&rdquo; Rock said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Rock&#8217;s monologue! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MedUMLCBqz\">pic.twitter.com\/MedUMLCBqz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saturday Night Live &ndash; SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1868156951609159895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rock went on to poke at criticisms of Trump, citing the history of men who have taken the office and their own controversies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, a lot of people are&nbsp;scared.&nbsp;Like, oh, my god, he&rsquo;s going to&nbsp;be so undignified.&nbsp;When I say a lot of people, I&rsquo;m&nbsp;talking about the nine New Yorkers that didn&rsquo;t vote for him,&nbsp;okay?&nbsp;No, no, people are like, &lsquo;he&rsquo;s&nbsp;going to be so undignified, it&rsquo;s&nbsp;the Presidency of the United&nbsp;States.&rdquo;&nbsp;Dude.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s the United States presidency. Come on,&rdquo; Rock said. &ldquo;This is not the most dignified&nbsp;job in the world. You know, we&rsquo;ve had presidents&nbsp;show up to the inauguration with&nbsp;pregnant slaves, okay? And I&rsquo;m just talking about Bill&nbsp;Clinton.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, you know what country we&nbsp;live in.&nbsp;You know the history of this&nbsp;country. You know how many rapists are in&nbsp;my wallet right now?&rdquo; Rock said, referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">presidents<\/a> and founding fathers featured on dollar bills.<\/p>\n<p><em>SNL<\/em> faced criticism the Saturday before the Nov. 5 election for hosting Vice President Kamala Harris on its show. While Trump appeared on the program in 2016, the comedy sketch show did not feature the same broadcast opportunity to Trump this election cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1911875\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1911875\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SNL mocks Trump\u2019s &#8216;good year&#8217; with assassination survival and Time cover: &#8216;Could happen to a nicer guy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2380228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-Cabinet-Time-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12653,7958,46831,33930,3634],"class_list":["post-2380227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-snl","tag-comedy","tag-good-year","tag-political-satire","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-Cabinet-Time-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380231,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380227\/revisions\/2380231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}