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Nikki Haley appears in SNL cold open to spar with fake Donald Trump

Watch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-ninth season, hosted by Ayo Edebiri, with Jennifer Lopez as the musical guest, including the CNN Town Hall South Carolina cold open.

The cold open: Gayle King (Punkie Johnson) and Charles Barkley (Kenan Thompson) host a town hall with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson).

The monologue: First-time host Ayo Edebiri talks about preparing for her role on The Bear and shares some ideas she wanted to submit to SNL.

Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che cover the week’s biggest news before speaking with CJ Rossitano (Sarah Sherman).

A game show goes off the rails when contestants (Ayo Edebiri, Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman) answer trivia questions.

Game show contestants (Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman) answer questions about comments they left on Instagram.

Watch all sketches and performances uploaded from this week’s episode.

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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