“Saturday Night Live’s” spoof news show “Weekend Update” often mocks President Donald Trump, but Saturday’s episode could have marked a record number of especially hard-hitting jabs. Vindman was fired from his position on the National Security Council and escorted from the White House Friday in apparent retaliation for testifying in the House impeachment investigation. Trump, too, has a purple heart — “because his blood type is hamburger grease,” Che added. What really stunned Jost was Trump using the opportunity of the National Prayer Breakfast to attack devout Mormon Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) for citing his conscience and his religion in his decision to vote to convict Trump for abuse of power. “Even the leaders of the National Prayer Breakfast were like, ‘Jesus Christ, dude,’” said Jost.

Source: Huffington Post February 09, 2020 09:00 UTC