Author: James Doubek / Source: NPR.org
Saturday Night Live returned with its second episode of the 44th season, imagining the locker room talk among Senate Republicans on a day that marked a big victory for conservatives as Brett Kavanaugh became the newest Supreme Court justice.
As CNN’s Dana Bash (Heidi Gardner) reported from the locker room celebration, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Beck Bennett) proclaims, “Republicans read the mood of the country and we could tell that people really wanted Kavanaugh.
Everyone’s pumped — from white men over 60 to white men over 70.”Kate McKinnon was back as Sen. Lindsey Graham: “We made a lot of women real worried today, but I’m not getting pregnant so I don’t care!”
Cecily Strong took on Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine who had reportedly been undecided on Kavanaugh’s nomination, though offered a lengthy defense of him in a speech Friday.
“The last thing I wanted was to make this about me,” Strong’s Collins says. “That’s why I told everyone to tune in at 3 p.m. So I could tell all my female supporters: Psych!”
“Listen, I think it’s important to believe women, until it’s time to stop,” she adds.
Later in the scene, McKinnon’s Graham alluded to the protesters that have gathered in Washington, D.C. in the past few days to oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination.
“This one is about the fans. They’ve been there for us all…
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