Colin Jost Gets Loud Groans for Brutal ICE Barbie Joke on ‘SNL’
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Key Points:
- On Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update,” Colin Jost made a dark joke about former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s divorce from her cross-dressing husband Bryon, drawing mixed reactions from the audience.
- Michael Che delivered a joke referencing Vice President JD Vance’s comment about Republicans facing an uphill climb in the midterms, accompanied by an image of the January 6 Capitol riots.
- Che also targeted Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton, highlighting his numerous out-of-state trips with a controversial abortion-related joke, while James Austin Johnson’s Trump impersonation mocked Paxton’s lazy eye in the cold open.
- The segment included a joke about Republicans’ efforts to regain Hispanic support by sending JD Vance to campaign in South Texas ahead of the midterms.
