Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley made a surprise appearance at Saturday Night Live’s cold open, delivering the iconic line “Live from New York” after criticizing her Republican primary rival, former President Donald Trump.
Pretending to be a “concerned South Carolina voter” at a CNN town hall, Haley asked cast member James Austin Johnson, who played Trump: “Why don’t you debate Nikki Haley?”
“My God, it’s the woman who was in charge of security on January 6th,” Johnson exclaimed, like Trump, “it’s Nancy Pelosi.”
Haley then joked, “Are you okay Donald? Maybe you need a mental competency test.”
“I took it well and had great results on the test,” Johnson said. “I am 100 percent mental. And I am competent because I am a man. That is why women should not run the economy, in fact a woman recently asked me for $83.3 million,” she added in reference to the defamation judgment filed against Trump by E. Jean Carroll last week.
“I see dead people.” That’s exactly what voters will think if this race is between Trump and Biden in the fall.
I had a great time tonight on SNL! Know that it’s past Donald’s bedtime, so I’m looking forward to the flow of crazy tweets in the morning. pic.twitter.com/W43LlPOoi2
—Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 4, 2024
“And you spent 50 million on your own legal defense. Do you need to borrow money?” she said.
Johnson then went on a conscience rant that ended with him saying, “I see dead people,” to which Haley responded, “That’s what voters will say when they see you and Joe on the ballot.”
Johnson’s Trump tried to counterattack by telling the former South Carolina governor that the joke “wasn’t very nice.”
Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley during her surprise appearance at Saturday Night Live’s cold open. *
“I’m always very nice to you, except when I implied that you weren’t born in this country, even though you’re from South Carolina, and now I’m going to beat you in your state,” he said. -In fact.
“And you won your home state in the last election?” Haley replied with a smile, subtly criticizing the former president for losing to President Biden in New York during the 2020 race.
At one point during the “Republican town hall,” Haley also accepted a question from the episode’s host, Emmy-winning actress Ayo Edebiri.
“I’m just curious, what would you say was the main cause of the Civil War? And you think it starts with ‘S’ and ends with ‘Lavery?’ Edebiri pressed.
Haley announces the show’s iconic line: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!” at the end of the cold opening. X/@NikkiHaley
“Yeah, I probably should have said that the first time,” Haley responded before quickly delivering the show’s iconic jab: “And live from New York, it’s Saturday night!”
Haley has been criticized for her huge gaffe at a town hall in December, in which she claimed that the root of the country’s deadliest war had to do with the limitations the government imposed on its people, but failed to mention the “peculiar institution” of the antebellum South in his speech. her response.
Following the backlash, Haley backpedaled and claimed that “of course” slavery was the cause, adding that she assumed it was a “given.”
Haley reacts while attending a campaign event at the Indian Land High School auditorium in Lancaster, South Carolina, February 2, 2024. REUTERS
Haley quickly uploaded the entire cold open segment to her X account after her appearance before deleting it and re-uploading it almost an hour later.
He focused on the “I see dead people” joke he made, adding that he “had a ton of fun on SNL,” but said goodbye because “it’s past Donald’s bedtime, so I’m looking forward to the flow of deranged tweets.” in the morning”.
The strange behavior caught the attention of the Trump camp, and Trump’s adviser took a screenshot of the Republican contender’s original tweet shortly before it was deleted.
“Why Tricky [Nikki] he keeps deleting his SNL video that he posted here on X.” Dan Scavino wrote.
Scavino then uploaded the video to her own profile, claiming that Haley had failed in attempting to attack Trump and had instead embarrassed herself.
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