‘SNL’ Weekend Replace shreds Florida governor Ron DeSantis for mask-shaming teenagers

Bear in mind when Florida governor Ron DeSantis mocked a gaggle of teenagers who dared to masks up throughout a worldwide pandemic as they stood behind him on a stage? Saturday Evening Reside certain does.

The incident, which unfolded on March 2, was broadly coated as a result of… properly, it was f*cking silly. Throughout a filmed occasion in public, this grown grownup and elected chief stepped onto a stage and mocked accountable teenagers who selected to guard themselves and others from a public well being danger. DeSantis fell effortlessly into the function of a bully as he pressured youngsters to do the fallacious factor. Cool function mannequin.

Weekend Replace did not let DeSantis off the hook. After a string of jokes tied to Russia’s battle on Ukraine — all the pieces from the ineptitude of Russian management to puzzling U.S. responses — co-host Colin Jost turned the eye towards what occurred in Florida. The perfect a part of the joke is the picture they used, although.

As a picture of DeSantis seems, Jost says he is “seen right here being advised somebody’s pronouns” and the dwell studio viewers erupts into riotous laughter, claps and cheers that briefly deliver the sketch to a halt.

It was a very bipartisan beatdown within the Weekend Replace, with loads of barbs additionally aimed toward President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and misplaced exhibits of assist for Ukraine within the U.S. extra typically, however nothing received an even bigger snicker than the DeSantis gag. Discuss inept management.