Saturday evening live Star Colin Jost reprized one of the show’s most popular political impressions from last season: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Introduced while triumphantly pulling a beer, Jost’s Hegseth appeared at this week’s cold open to urge Republicans to vote in the upcoming midterms.
“I need all of you patriots at home to do the gayest thing possible and vote,” Hegseth told his supporters.
He added: “Thanks to me, the military finally has its priorities and sexuality. Our warriors are all high T, testosterone. Yeah, I’m talking about muscles, huge. Veins, throbbing. Balls, gone.”
Referencing the real Hegseth’s recent bizarre attempts at poetry, Jost’s Hegseth read a poem he wrote for his voter outreach efforts.
“No DEI, no guy on guy,” Hegseth said. “No fatties, no fuggos, no camel toes. No weirdos, no beards, no Jills who became Joes.”
Hegseth’s poem ended with a groan: “In conclusion, vote, I suppose.” »
The cold open also featured actor Marcello Hernandez reprising his role as Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Referencing Trump’s apparent decline in popularity among Latino voters, GOP operatives asked Rubio to send a message that would encourage Latino Republicans to show up to the polls.
“Oh my God, this guy fooled us,” Rubio de Hernández said in Spanish about Trump. Rubio complained about Trump’s invasion of Iran and the president’s unhealthy daily diet of chicken nuggets and hamburgers.
“One day I said to him, ‘Mr. Trump, how about a salad?’ And the guy just – boom – puts it in my face,” Rubio said.
The chill has come as Republicans face a tough political environment heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
With voters angry over rising inflation and Trump’s unpopular war in Iran, election guru Nate Silver estimated Friday that Republicans are down 9 points in the generic congressional vote.
Silver placed Democrats as clear favorites to win back the House and wrote that they were also slightly favored to win back the Senate.
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