‘SNL’ Audience Cheers Trump Assassination Joke
Michael Che's Weekend Update crack shows sad nature of show, fan base
Once upon a time, we frowned upon wishing death on a sitting president.
Kathy Griffin’s career collapsed in 2017 after she shared an image of her holding President Donald Trump’s bloody head aloft, ISIS style.
That same year, actor Johnny Depp apologized after suggesting it’s time for another actor to kill a president, a Lincoln-Trump gag that landed badly.
That was then. Now?
Griffin wears that bloody image like a badge of honor. And “Saturday Night Live” not only joked about Trump’s possible death last night, but the show’s far-Left audience celebrated the crack.
This isn’t shocking. It’s the new, ghoulish normal.
Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che noted that President Trump attended a showing of the Broadway musical “Chicago” this week.
“What’s the worst that could happen?” Che said, alluding to actor John Wilkes Booth’s infamous act.
Wild, sustained applause and cheers ensued. Not laughs, mind you. Cheers. Co-host Colin Jost couldn’t have smiled any wider at the crowd’s reaction to the Trump assassination joke.
Late-night audiences in the modern era expect one-sided, far-Left content. And that’s exactly what they get. They’re also religiously liberal, angry and, too often, full of hate.
Sound hyperbolic?
Late-night crowds cheered Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering a healthcare CEO in cold blood. The pro-Luigi sentiment even caught far-Left “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart by surprise.
The same audiences howled at arsonists attacking Tesla dealerships. Then again, the hosts found it funny, too.
And, now, audiences aren’t simply laughing at dark humor. That’s an involuntary response to tragic news, a way for people to process pain or ugly events. Remember how comedians reacted to 9/11, allowing us to laugh again after the national tragedy.
This wasn’t that. These audiences are cheering on death, assassination dreams and arson.
Hope Lorne Michaels and co. are proud of what they helped build.
snl was good years ago.
The SNL audience are heartless goblins. I don’t know what else to tell you.
I was a big fan of SNL in the 70’s!
Unfortunately, the SNL of today is where so called comedians go to die.
I have watched SNL once or twice recently and found absolutely nothing funny in any of the material. The people who SNL try to pass off as comedians don’t even come close to the outstanding comedians of the first few seasons. Dan Ackroyd, Belushi, Chevy chase, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, and many other too numerous to list here. Real comedians who could easily fit in with the legendary comedians of the past century. Now SNL thinks it’s funny to encourage a presidential assassination! Of course, SNL’s low IQ audience clap and shout their approval.
A sick tv network entertaining a very, very sick audience.