“Saturday Night time Reside” had rather a lot to say about Donald Trump's Cupboard picks this week, however they saved their most slicing materials for “Weekend Replace,” the place host Colin Jost unloaded on former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz.
“On Wednesday, Trump nominated Matt Gaetz for legal professional common. And Gaetz mentioned the identical factor he says when he sees a teenage lady: I'll do it,” Jost mentioned.
Gaetz resigned from the Home of Representatives shortly after Trump nominated him for the Cupboard place. His resignation got here because the Home Ethics Committee was reportedly getting ready to launch the findings of its investigations into Gaetz's alleged sexual misconduct and drug use.
Gaetz went on to say that the legal professional common hopeful was an unholy amalgam of Dracula and Frankenstein and that he solely received the job as a result of “Trump's unique decide,” Jeffrey Epstein, “was discovered lifeless in a cell.”
Gaetz was removed from the one Cupboard decide to earn the ire of “Weekend Replace.” Elon Musk, who was nominated together with Vivek Ramaswamy to move the still-non-existent Division of Authorities Effectivity, got here beneath assault for posting an unpaid job.
“Elon Musk's new Division of Authorities Effectivity posted a job posting saying they're on the lookout for folks keen to work 80+ hours every week for no cash,” mentioned co-host Michael Che. “However we shouldn’t be shocked that the white African's first concept is slavery.”
Jost then criticized potential Division of Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying his pores and skin is cooked to a “excellent medium” and asking viewers to present the vaccine skeptic “a shot.” concerning the picture of a needle. getting into an arm.
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