SNL lampoons Zohran Mamdanis empty guarantees,…
“Saturday Night Live” ripped Zohran Mamdani for making empty guarantees — and mocked his appeals to white guilt in a blistering parody of the New York mayor’s race.
Mocking the socialist Dem’s fixed vacant smile, comic Ramy Youssef rattled off a listing of Mamdani pledges during his portrayal of the frontrunner on Saturday’s NBC show.
Asked by debate chair Kenan Thompson, “Why would you want the worst job in the world?” Youssef’s Mamdani claimed he wished to offer a “better New York,” before admitting his concepts had been unlikely to occur.
Comedian Ramy Youssef performed Zohran Mamdani as “Saturday Night Live” skewered the mayoral hopeful in the show’s cold open. NBC / SNL
“Free healthcare, affordable housing, free WiFi,” he said. “As mayor, can I make that happen? I’m not sure yet. But together, we’re going to find out… that the answer is no.”
The sketch, which also featured visitor host Miles Teller as Andrew Cuomo and Shane Gillis as Curtis Sliwa, wen on to mock Mamdani’s “hot girls for Zohran” marketing campaign — depicting his supporters as gentrifying yuppies.
Asked by the chair what his message to undecided voters was, Mamdani fawned straight into the digital camera while a “heart” filter got here up on the screen.
The sketch show took goal at the politician’s empty guarantees and appeals to white guilt. James Keivom
“Hey girl,” he said. “I do know you bought, uh, obtained a little white guilt for gentrifying that Spanish neighborhood, don’t you? Why don’t you vote for me?
“You know, you feel a little less bad about that chicken and rice shop getting turned into a Sweetgreen,” he added. “So why don’t you hit me up at the ballot box, girl?”
Polling data reveals Mamdani obtained the best assist in the Democratic main in Ridgewood, Bushwick and Bed-Stuy, three neighborhoods synonymous with gentrification in New York.
Later in the sketch, James Austin Johnson reprised his function as President Trump to mock Mamdani.
“And here we have the front-runner, Zohran Mamdani,” he said. “Looks like the SubwayTakes guy went to work at McKinsey.”
“You know, you feel a little less bad about that chicken and rice shop getting turned into a Sweetgreen. So why don’t you hit me up at the ballot box, girl?” he added, prompting a mock rebuke from chair Thompson.
“Mr Mamdani, you were warned that this is not the forum for your TikTokry,” he said, referencing the 34-year-old’s social media presence.
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