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Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live\u2019s<\/em> opening skit focused on last week\u2019s congressional hearings on anti-Semitism on college campuses and the disgusting testimony by the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and MIT.<\/p>\n The villains, according to SNL?<\/p>\n Not the university presidents turned antisemitism apologists.<\/p>\n Instead, the unfunny sketch positioned Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Republicans as the primary villains.<\/p>\n SNL\u2019s Chloe Troast portrayed Stefanik and screamed nearly all of her questions.<\/p>\n \u201cAnti-Semitism yay or nay! Yes or no! Is calling for the genocide of Jews against the code of conduct for Harvard?!\u201d<\/p>\n Troast followed the university heads\u2019 rambling answers with, \u201cKeep in mind, if you don\u2019t say yes, you\u2019re going to make me look good \u2014 which is really, really hard to do.\u201d<\/p>\n The awkward skit did not seem to resonate with the live audience either. \u00a0Laughter was sparse and tepid at best.<\/p>\n Critics slammed SNL on X:<\/p>\n Saturday Night Live hates Republicans more than antisemitism<\/p>\n \u2066@RepStefanik<\/a>\u2069#SNL<\/a> #Harvard<\/a> #MIT<\/a> #UPenn<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/qL9MOvtYd1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 heather nauert (@HeatherNauert) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The biggest story of the week was how 3 university presidents were universally panned for their testimony so much so that one has already resigned.<\/p>\n SNL\u2019s takeaway? *Stefanik* was the one who embarrassed herself.<\/p>\n We get it, \u201cGOP bad.\u201d But my lord this really misses the mark. https:\/\/t.co\/fd5OoOaRkK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d Started Last Night With One Of The Worst Cold Openings In The Show\u2019s History https:\/\/t.co\/Mm6VmXCOiE<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dDwDc9fr00<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The Gateway Pundit reported<\/a> that the House Education Committee invited the leaders of MIT, Harvard, and Penn to testify in front of Congress last week.<\/p>\n During their testimony, Rep. Stefanik asked the educators if calling for the genocide of Jews violates the code of conduct on their campuses.<\/p>\n Not one of the campus leaders could answer the question.<\/p>\n The university leaders smugly suggested that calling for the genocide of Jews isn\u2019t necessarily against their code against harassment and bullying on campus. Penn president Liz Magill even suggested it was not a violation unless it led to actual genocide.<\/p>\n Magill resigned<\/a> from her position over the weekend after an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees on Thursday.<\/p>\n Stefanik asked Harvard\u2019s President Claudine Gay<\/a>, \u201cYou understand that the use of the term intifada in the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict is indeed a call for violent armed resistance against the State of Israel, including violence against civilians and the genocide of Jews\u2026 And there have been multiple marches at Harvard with students chanting quote \u2018There is only one solution, intifada revolution\u2019 and quote \u2018Globalize the intifada.\u2019 Is that correct?\u201d<\/p>\n Gay responded, \u201cI\u2019ve heard that thoughtless, reckless and hateful language on our campus, yes,\u201d calling it \u201cabhorrent\u201d and \u201chateful speech.\u201d<\/p>\n When specifically pressed on whether calls for \u201cintifada,\u201d direct support for the genocide of Jewish people, violated Harvard\u2019s code of conduct, Gay weakly replied that it \u201cdepends on the context.\u201d<\/p>\n Billboard trucks<\/a> were sent to Harvard\u2019s New England Campus on Sunday, demanding Gay be fired.<\/p>\n The New York Post reports<\/a> that former SNL star Cecily Strong, who appeared as Stefanik in the dress rehearsal ahead of the live show, backed out last minute because she was \u201cuncomfortable\u201d with the sketch.<\/p>\n Watch below:<\/p>\n\n The post Saturday Night Live\u2019s Unfunny Sketch Attempts to Skewer Antisemitism Hearings, Fails Miserably<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SNL\/NBC Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live\u2019s opening skit focused on last week\u2019s congressional hearings on anti-Semitism on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n