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‘SNL’ Brings ‘Weekend Update’ to the Republican Convention

However, the “Saturday Night Live” cast member handled the situation quite well.

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He’s the real Mike Pence! Michael Che was mostly interested in the money that he claims Scott Baio still owes him from the 90s.

Referencing the plagiarism scandal surrounding Melania Trump’s convention speech, Jost joked that Christie had plagiarized parts of his speech from the “Salem Witch Trials”.

Che also explored the arena, playing a game of Trumpemon GO, a version of the popular Pokemon game where Che goes in search of the rarest creatures of them all at the convention- minorities.

The first special edition of “Weekend Update” will air on July 20 at midnight, which places it on the second-to-last day of the Republican National Convention. Check out the video below to see if Che was able to catch ’em all. Kate McKinnon traveled to Cleveland to represent at the Q as her feisty and punchy Supreme Court character. After a clip ran of the comedians doing man-on-the-street skits at the Republican National Convention, co-host Matt Lauer asked: “You’re gonna also be at the Democratic National Convention”.

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Michael Che (l.) and Colin Jost (r.) are unsure how to react to the wild questioning from Chris Matthew.

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