‘SNL’ cast directly appeal to President-elect Donald Trump during cold open of post-election episode

Several of the cast members of “Saturday Night Live” took to the stage at Studio 8H in New York on Saturday in the first episode after the presidential election, where they jokingly appealed directly to President-elect Donald Trump about how they shouldn’t be among his “political enemies.”

Several of the cast members of “Saturday Night Live” took to the stage at Studio 8H in New York on Saturday in the first episode after the presidential election, where they jokingly appealed directly to President-elect Donald Trump about how they shouldn’t be among his “political enemies.” In what started out as a sober-feeling skit, the cast acknowledged that to “many people watching this show right now,” the results of the election were, as cast member Ego Nwodim said, “shocking, and even horrifying.” Kenan Thompson went on to refer to Trump as somebody who “called for vengeance against his political enemies,” with Nwodim saying that they believe that now there’s “nothing to protect the people who are brave enough to speak out against him.” Then, the tone shifted as Thompson humorously added, “And that is why we at ‘SNL’ would like to say to Donald Trump, we… have been with you all along!” The cast then said they were in fact supportive of Trump leading up to the election, with Bowen Yang remarking, “We have never wavered in our support of you!” and Heidi Gardner later joking that she voted for him “fifty times” in swing stage Pennsylvania. “So if you’re keeping some kind of list of your enemies, then…” Thompson said, with Marcello Hernandez finishing his sentence, saying, “we should not be on that list.”