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During this episode, the cast spoofed a Minneapolis morning news show to discuss the trial over George Floyd’s death in custody. “Sounds like we all agree there’s no way Derek Chauvin walks away from this,” Kate McKinnon said. Two black cast members, Keenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim, immediately began to express doubt. McKinnon goes on to discuss how the defense has been arguing that Floyd’s cause of death was actually the fatal amount of drugs in his system. “And there’s no way the jury is gonna fall for that,” McKinnon says. The black actors continue to express doubt that a...

The opener started with a Meet the Press panel featuring Peggy Noonan (as played by Cecily Strong), Donna Brazile (Leslie Jones) and Eugene Robinson (Keenan Thompson). “You’re all highly-respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is gonna look like?” SNL’s Chuck Todd (Kyle Mooney) asked. “I know normally high-minded journalists wouldn’t talk about something like this, but it does involve the richest man in America and the president of the United States.” “As a journalist, this is not something I ever thought I’d have to cover, but as a human, I’m...