{"id":2587580,"date":"2026-04-06T11:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-audience-cheers-joke-about-trump-getting-assassinated-lincoln-style\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:17:39","slug":"snl-audience-cheers-joke-about-trump-getting-assassinated-lincoln-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-audience-cheers-joke-about-trump-getting-assassinated-lincoln-style\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL Audience Cheers Joke About Trump Getting Assassinated, Lincoln Style"},"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\">20<\/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-audience-cheers-joke-about-trump-getting-assassinated-lincoln-style%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=2587580&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>This article reports on the reception surrounding President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center opening night of the musical Chicago, noting that a Saturday Night Live audience applauded a joke about the possibility of his assassination and that, according to the Associated Press, he was \u201cmostly cheered.\u201d It mentions SNL\u2019s Weekend Update host Michael Che referencing President Abraham Lincoln in a quip about attending theater, which elicited laughter and applause from the crowd. The piece also recalls real security threats against trump during his 2024 campaign,including a July 13 incident in Pennsylvania where a bullet grazed his ear,as well as othre events such as a Sept. 2024 thwarted threat at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-lago club and a Feb. 22 incident in which Secret Service agents shot and killed a man attempting to force his way onto the property. Additionally, it notes a jan. 25 terroristic-threat charge in West Virginia related to a plot against trump. The White House did not instantly respond to requests for comment.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The live audience of Saturday Night Live loudly applauded a joke about the possibility of President Donald Trump being assassinated while attending a musical.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zN1wtWMBNRM\">attended<\/a> the opening night of &ldquo;Chicago&rdquo; Tuesday at the Kennedy Center with First Lady Melania Trump, where he was &ldquo;mostly cheered,&rdquo; according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>SNL&rsquo;s &ldquo;Weekend Update&rdquo; host Michael Che made an apparent reference to President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated during a performance at Ford&rsquo;s Theater in 1865.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump attended the opening night of &lsquo;Chicago&rsquo; at the Kennedy Center, and I think that&rsquo;s cool that the President is going to the theater. I mean, what&rsquo;s the worst that could happen?&rdquo; Che asked, before the audience laughed before going into cheers and applause.<\/p>\n<p>Trump survived two assassination attempts during his 2024 presidential campaign. During a July 13, 2024 campaign rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Trump was slightly wounded when a bullet fired by Thomas Crooks grazed his ear.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A Sept. 15, 2024, assassination attempt by Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was thwarted by Secret Service agents at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service agents also shot and killed an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unidentified man attempting<\/a> to force his way onto Mar-a-Lago early in the morning of Feb. 22, the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Two agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach Sheriff&rsquo;s Office confronted an individual in his early 20s, who was armed with a shotgun and carrying a gas can, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">press conference held<\/a> by federal and local law enforcement officials and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AJGuglielmi\/status\/2025568622844707043\">statement<\/a> from the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Jackson County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in West Virginia announced on Jan. 25 that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JacksonCountySheriffsDepartment\/posts\/pfbid02RC5BnaTmTroRv3EJgGxyo8pJ2GWsxodNwaVvZgyojqpvbWu6fXbr4zQ6CAd1kJgol\">post<\/a> on its page.<\/p>\n<p>Ripley allegedly sought someone with &ldquo;a terminal illness&rdquo; to make an attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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Trump went to the Kennedy Center\u2019s opening night of Chicago with First Lady Melania Trump and was largely met with cheers, according to the Associated Press. During SNL\u2019s Weekend Update, host Michael Che referenced the assassination of President Lincoln, joking about what could go wrong when a president is at the theater. He quipped about Trump attending the show at the Kennedy Center and asked what the worst that could happen might be, prompting laughter and applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Trump survived two assassination attempts during his 2024 campaign. One occurred at a July 13, 2024 rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed his ear. Another incident on September 15, 2024, at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach was thwarted by Secret Service agents. Additionally, authorities described an incident on February 22 in which an unidentified man trying to reach Mar-a-Lago was shot and killed by Secret Service officers. In January, Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with making a terroristic threat against Trump. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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