Republican presidential candidate former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley attacked rival President Donald Trump in a shock look throughout the ‘chilly open’ of Saturday Evening Dwell final night time. Haley, who’s trailing Trump by practically 30 factors in the latest poll for this month’s South Carolina major and practically 60 factors in national polls, was nicely obtained by the liberal New York Metropolis tv studio viewers as she sparred with a Trump character throughout a candidate discussion board opening skit.
The chilly open was a mock CNN South Carolina city corridor with Trump, performed by James Austin Johnson, being baited with questions on Taylor Swift and mocking Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) for his endorsement of Trump. The strains given to ‘Trump’ to learn have been typical smears by SNL, leaning closely on ‘sexism’.
Haley stood up within the city corridor viewers to ask Trump why he gained’t debate her. Haley adopted by needling Trump, saying he “would possibly want a psychological competency check,” tweaking him concerning the $83 million E. Jean Carroll verdict, asking if he must borrow cash, Trump’s age and asking him about shedding his residence state New York in elections.
SNL gave Haley the talk with Trump she has been craving in alternate for her trashing Trump to the present’s liberal viewers. On the finish of the scripted section, Haley took a humorous barbed query on her botched reply about slavery final month in New Hampshire that SNL gave to her as an opportunity to scrub up on nationwide tv.
Haley was additionally given the basic “Dwell from New York, it’s Saturday Evening!” line to learn.
Haley’s marketing campaign posted a clip of her look on X Twitter with a caption riffing on an alternate concerning the Sixth Sense film talked about within the chilly open by ‘Trump’: ““I see lifeless individuals.” That’s precisely what voters will assume if this race is between Trump and Biden within the fall. Had a blast tonight on SNL! Understand it was previous Donald’s bedtime so trying ahead to the stream of unhinged tweets within the a.m.”
“I see lifeless individuals.” That’s precisely what voters will assume if this race is between Trump and Biden within the fall.
Had a blast tonight on SNL! Understand it was previous Donald’s bedtime so trying ahead to the stream of unhinged tweets within the a.m. pic.twitter.com/W43LlPOoi2
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 4, 2024
The whole SNL chilly open:
Haley, 52, has no clear path to the Republican presidential nomination however is working the danger of alienating what assist she has amongst older voters by her fixed trashing of Trump over his age, 77, and her false comparisons to Joe Biden, who at 81 is clearly in cognitive and bodily decline.
Trump has not, as of this writing, responded on Reality Social to Haley’s barbs on SNL.