After unraveling politics for most of this week’s episode, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” delves into the biggest scandals plaguing Republican Senate candidates, from Dr. Oz’s puppy killing experiment to Herschel Walker’s abortion bombshell.
“Well, the midterms are only a month away, and is it just me, or are some candidates trying to lose?” Colin Jost begins. “Dr. Oz declined to comment on the report that his research killed more than 300 dogs, although he may not have heard the question about the wood chipper.
Then it was Michael Che’s turn to go after Georgia’s Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who he said “denied reports that he paid for his girlfriend’s abortion, saying saying, ‘I send money to a lot of people,’ before adding, ‘you know. , to have an abortion. ‘”
Che continued, “After news that Walker paid for his ex-girlfriend’s abortion, he raised over $500,000, because dollars were the only thing Walker was willing to donate.”
After that, Che often mocked SNL musical guest Kanye West for protect my “White Lives Matter” shirt on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program. While West says he’s using his “gut instinct,” the comedian joked, “What he’s definitely not using are the medications prescribed to him.”
And finally, Jost shared the news that Planned Parenthood is planning to open its first mobile abortion clinic by joking that it will “help with patient care anywhere in the country Hershel Walker’s visit just got easier.”
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