“Saturday Night Live“It’s no stranger to joking religiously, but its latest sketch is to make criticism because it implies that Vice President JD Vance may have played a role in the death of Pope Francis.
The episode begins with emotional music numbers and is dedicated to mom before Mother’s Day. The song was suddenly interrupted by the president’s imitation Donald Trumpplayed by actor James Austin Johnson. The show’s opening remarks have been focused on the president for weeks.
Johnson’s Trump said on stage: “It’s me again, invading every aspect of your life.” He commented The Catholic Church recently elected the new pope.
“We have an American Pope, Chicago-style, without ketchup,” he joked. “But we like Pope Leo. We want him to do what we want. That’s what you want the Pope to do.”
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Sketch takes a dark turn when imitating the ace suggestion Vice President Vance It may be related to the death of Pope Francis.
LR: Bowen Yang plays JD Vance and James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the opening of the “Election” Cold on Saturday, September 28, 2024. (Heath/NBC will be performed via Getty Images)
“Otherwise, I will have to send JD back to do his thing. Remember the last time JD met the Pope?” he said, referring to the fact that Vance met Pope Francis the day before the Pope’s death.
In fact, Vance is the last known world leader Meet Pope Francisvisited him last month on Easter Sunday. The Pope died the next day.
The sketch continues to blame Vance for a series of international crises, Johnson’s Trump said: “He had Meidas touches, but because of bad things. Did he meet the pope? Go to India? warHow to join my campaign? Trump wins! ”
Vance mourned X (formerly known as Twitter) after the death of Pope Francis.
The Vatican said Pope Francis died at the age of 88.
“I was so happy to see him yesterday, even though he was obviously sick,” Vance wrote to some extent. “But I will always remember him because he gave the following affection in the early days of Covid. It’s really beautiful. May God rest in peace with his soul.”
Still, the timing of the meeting spurred conspiracy theories and jokes online. John F. Kennedy’s grandson even posted to his 100,000 X followers: “Okay, jd killed the pope.”
Vance did not respond directly to online speculation, but was interviewed Fox News Numbershe reflected a profound moment at the meeting.
“I’m one of the world leaders who really meet with the Pope, not even the last one,” Vance said. “I rode a relatively small employee, who was a devout Catholic, and when he was about to meet the Pope, I looked back at him and he was crying, he was crying – kind of making this man not just this person, but the institution is a person of over a billion people around the world.”
After the meeting, Vance flew to India for a diplomatic visit. He landed and learned about Pope Francis’ death.
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The SNL sketch is not stopped on the Vance-Pope connection. It continues to simulate Catholicism In itself, religion is likened to popular American institutions.
“We love Catholics,” said Johnson’s Trump. “It’s a stronger Christian organization, and the Salvation Army, and I’m going to say Chick-fil-a.”
Throughout the season, the long-time sketch comedy show repeatedly questioned President Trump’s beliefs and compared Trump to Jesus with its Easter-themed plot.
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Their parody version of Trump said: “It’s me, your favorite president, Donald Jesus Trumpcompare yourself to the Son of God. ”
