Just hours after President Joe Biden captured a decisive Democratic presidential primary win in South Carolina, former S.C. GOP Gov. Nikki Haley shredded Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in a withering opening sketch on “Saturday Night Live.”
In what Politico called Haley’s “you only live once” moment, she poked fun at a campaign misstep over the Civil War, but mocked a comic stand-in for Trump over his refusal to debate. She also again questioned his mental fitness. Haley faces Trump in the S.C. Republican primary on Feb. 24.
Haley portrayed an audience member in the sketch and asked, “My question is why won’t you debate Nikki Haley?” The actor portraying Trump responded, “‘Oh my God, it’s her, the woman who was in charge of security on Jan. 6. It’s Nancy Pelosi.’”
The final question of the skit had another “audience member” ask Haley about the main cause of the Civil War: “Do you think it starts with an ‘S’ and ends with a ‘-lavery?’”
Haley responded, “Yep, I probably should have said that the first time.” Then she said words that millions have heard weekly for years: “And live from New York, it’s ‘Saturday Night.’”
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