Saturday Night Live (SNL) released a skit both skewering Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment against 45th President Donald Trump and the members of the political left who remain obsessed with and infuriated by the minutiae of Trump’s existence.
The sketch is presented as an advertisement for a new app – “CNZen” – and users are encouraged to use the app to cope with the months-long wait for Trump’s next court appearance in December.
“Sure, Trump got indicted but now everyone is saying the case against him is weak and that he will never serve any jail time,” the narrator for the fake ad admits.
The fake pitch woman explains, “As someone whose entire personality is hating Donald Trump, you need more. You need to feel calmed and reassured.”
“You need the newest meditation app: CNZen. The app soothes the most militant liberals with sensual details from Trump’s arrest featuring your favorite CNN anchors and correspondents.”
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SNL cast members then take turns posing as CNN personalities Anderson Cooper, Van Jones, Dana Bash, and Wolf Blitzer. New York Times writer Maggie Haberman also makes an appearance, as do Bragg and Sen. Lindsey Graham.
“And his motorcade wasn’t even that big. I thought it would be bigger, but it was so small,” said the fake Bash, in a seductive voice.
Noting the December court appearance, the fake ad then pivots to in-app purchases and racy anti-Trump audio to tide the user over.
“With additional in-app purchases, like audio erotica of District Attorney Alvin Bragg reading all 34 felony counts,” says the narrator, before the camera fades to an SNL cast member reading the indictments while dressed as Bragg.
The camera then cuts to a woman in the midst of a romantic encounter, who tells her partner, “I hope this couch isn’t as flimsy as the DA’s case.”
As the ad ends, a slogan is presented to the viewer: “CNZen, in your mind he’s already in jail.”
Though famous for its left-wing attitudes in recent years, the SNL skit appears to have been a hit with a wider than normal audience online, amassing hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and Twitter at the time of reporting.
