Together, Clinton and McKinnon mocked the fact that it took Bill’s wife a long time to reach decisions on the Keystone XL Pipeline and gay marriage.
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“I could have supported it sooner”, McKinnon said, to which Clinton retorted, “well you did it pretty soon”.
The Democratic presidential candidate also took shots at Republican contender Donald Trump, deepening her voice in imitation of one of his pointed pronouncements.
But maybe the whole thing felt too forced to you-like Clinton has a whole team of people behind her giving her annotated notes on how to appear more accessible and honest (something which is nearly certainly true, for better or worse).
Hillary Clinton Bar Talk: Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) discusses her campaign woes with a sympathetic bartender named Val (Hillary Clinton).
The opening monologue gave host Miley Cyrus a moment to address a few of the current events and she did so with a tribute song to the end of summer and those newsmakers we’ll never see again since their 15 minutes are up. The National Education Association that has more than 3 million members announced its support for Hillary Clinton.
“I agree with you there”, McKinnon replies.
“First off, I’m a grandmother”, McKinnon calculatedly begins.
It revealed a slightly different perspective and made her learn something new about herself watching the two artists acting out their versions of Hillary Clinton.
Miley Cyrus broke down in tears while singing on “Saturday Night Live” last night (10.03.15).
Watch Secretary Clinton gush about SNL’s impressions of her below.
McKinnon’s Hillary then picked up a piece of footwear from the ground: “A hard, tan business shoe – I was right, she is real!”
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The “Saturday Night Live” skit, of course, did not miss the chance to dig into Clinton’s colorful GOP counterpart, Donald Trump. The show opened with a sketch about Donald Trump, with Taran Killam playing the mogul in all his bluster. And in the recent documentary Live From New York, commemorating the show’s 40th anniversary, Will Ferrell wondered whether his characterization of George W. Bush as a man you’d want to get a beer with helped get him re-elected.
