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“Saturday night live“It is not foreign to have fun with religion, but his last sketch is criticized by suggesting that Vice President JD Vance may have played a role in Pope Francis’ death.
The episode is open to a sentimental musical number of dedicated moms on the eve of Mother’s Day. The song was abruptly interrupted by a parody on the president Donald Trumpplayed by a member of the acting team James Austin Johnson. The introductory monologue of the show for weeks is consistently focused on the president.
“Again, I’m, falling into all aspects of your life,” Johnson’s Trump said as he stepped on stage. He quickly moved the tone by commenting on The recent selection of the Catholic Church of the New Pope.
“We have an American pope, in Chicago style, without ketchup,” he joked about Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in Illinois. “But we love Pope Leo. We hope he does what we want. That’s what you want the Pope to do.”
The sketch had a darker turnaround when the Trump parody meant it Vice President Vance Maybe he had something to do with Pope Francis’ death.
LR: Bowen Yang as JD Vance and James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the “Cold Open” campaign on Saturday, September 28, 2024. (Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)
“Otherwise, I’ll have to send JD back to do his thing. Remember that JD met the Pope last time?” He said, stating the fact that Vance met Pope Francis just the day before Pontif’s death.
Vance, in fact, was the last famous world leader Meet with Pope FrancisVisiting Easter Sunday last month. The Pope passed away the next day.
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The sketch was blamed Vance for a series of international crises, and Johnson’s Trump said: “He has Meidas Touch, but because of the bad things. He meets the Pope? Goes to India? War!! Join my campaign? Trump wins! “
After the news of Pope Francis’ death, Vance expressed condolences to X, previously known as Twitter.
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“I was happy to see him yesterday, although he was obviously very ill,” Vance wrote in part. “But I will always remember him for the lower homily he gave in very early days of man. It was really pretty nice. May God rest his soul.”
However, the time of the meeting encouraged the theories of conspiracy and jokes online. John F. Kennedy’s grandson even published his more than a hundred thousand X followers: “Okay, JD killed the Pope.”
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Vance did not directly respond to internet speculations, but in an interview Fox News DigitalHe thought about the meeting as a deep moment.
“I was one of the last world leaders who actually met the Pope,” Vance said. “I took one of my relatively younger employees, who is a pious Catholic, and I looked at him when he was about to meet the pope, and he cried-sometimes he drives home as important, not only this man, but this institution is more than a billion people around the world.”
After the meeting, Vance flew to India for a diplomatic visit. He learned that Pope Francis had passed after he landed.
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The SNL sketch did not stop at the Vance-pap connection. Still mocking Catholicism Sam, comparing religion with popular American institutions.
“We love Catholics,” Johnson’s Trump said. “It’s one of the stronger Christian organizations, along with an army of salvation, and I want to say chick-fil.”
Throughout the season, the long -lasting comic sketch show has repeatedly questioned the faith of President Trump, and for their episode with the Easter theme, she compared Trump to Jesus.
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Their Parodian version of Trump that says, “I am, your favorite president, Donald Jesus TrumpComparing to the Son of God again. “
