The sketch comedy show pondered in its cold open why certain Republican candidates are polling ahead of their Democratic rivals.
this weekend took on the rising poll numbers of Republican candidates who don’t have"any political experience" in key states ahead of the Nov. 8 election. cold open had PBS"NewsHour"’s Judy Woodruff speaking with political novices Herschel Walker , Dr. Mehmet Oz and Kari Lake . Texas Ranger, I’m running for president of the United Airlines," Thompson as the Georgia Senate candidate told Gardner’s Woodruff at the top of the sketch.
After she asked him to elaborate, he said,"I’m fun. Look, if you want to get on the jumbotron at the Falcons game you don’t throw on a cardigan and start making sense. You take your shirt off and you shake your belly around. That’s what I’m doing and people love me no matter what. Like the great Trump Donald said, ‘I can pay for an abortion in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any votes.
Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of Georgia holds a campaign rally on Oct. 27, 2022 in Cumming, Georgia.