Colin Jost skewers Trump’s ‘hugging and kissing’ Capitol riots comment on SNL
‘I’m not surprised that Donald Trump can’t tell the difference between kissing and assault’
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Saturday Night Live skewered Donald Trump's comment this past week about how far-right protesters who stormed the Capitol building in January had been “hugging and kissing" police that day.
During “Weekend Update”, co-host Colin Jost threw in a crack that “I’m not surprised that Donald Trump can’t tell the difference between kissing and assault.”
The jab drew loud laughs and cheers from the audience.
“Some of them went in and ... they’re hugging and kissing the police and the guards,” the former US president told Fox News this week of the protesters. “You know, they had great relationships.”
Downplaying the actions of the crowd on the day, Mr Trump claimed the US Capitol Police Department had “waved in” many of his supporters.
“A lot of the people were waved in and then they walked in and they walked out," Mr Trump told Laura Ingraham,
The remarks follow an admission by acting US Capitol police chief Yogananda Pittman that the force “did not do enough” on the day of the riot, which left five people dead.
Other jokes during the “Weekend Update” segment touched on this week’s Filibuster debate and Virginia abolishing the dealth penalty.
“Some democrats are demanding the Senate put an end to the Filibuster rule, which some call a Jim Crow relic. Also a Jim Crow relic? Some Senators!” co-host Michael Che said.
“Virginia has become the first state in the South to abolish the death penalty. So if you’ll excuse me, I have some white women to whistle at,” Che added.
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