Scarlett Johansson mocked and parodied Senator Kathy Britt on this week’s Saturday Night Live. Republicanof the answer for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
In a speech from her kitchen on Thursday night, the real-life Britt blasted Biden over the border crisis, which she said she “invited,” and a country she says is more dangerous than it was four years ago.
In a dark twist, Britt blamed Biden for the death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who the president said was killed by an “outlaw” in an unscripted moment. He also told a story — a story — about a human trafficking victim that he implied happened under Biden received criticism for.
Johansson parhodied senator‘s answer Addressing Biden, he said he was auditioning for the role of a “scary mom” like Britt.
“And I’ll be performing the original monologue, ‘This Country Is Hell,'” Johansson said. The actor added that he is worried about “the future of our children”.
“That’s why I invited you into this strange, empty kitchen. Because the Republicans asked me to appeal to women voters, and women love to cook,” Johansson said to laughter from the crowd.
Johansson, like Britt, called Biden’s address “a regular politician’s speech,” adding that he “didn’t make a speech” with a dramatic flourish.
Referring to Britt’s story about being a victim of human trafficking, Johansson said it “turned out of nowhere into a story of shocking violence about sex trafficking.”
“Make sure every detail about it is real, except for the year, where it happened and who was the president when it happened,” Johansson said.
A viral social media post by journalist Jonathan Katz shortly after Britt’s performance Thursday took a closer look at the story and noted that human trafficking did not occur during Biden’s presidency, not even in the United States; this happened in Mexico during the administration of President George W. Bush.
Johansson later said she made the video not only to respond to Biden’s State of the Union address, but also to sell a cross necklace for QVC.
“This Affinity Diamond necklace goes with everything and you can wear it from church to the club,” says Johansson.
“The American dream has turned into a nightmare,” the actor said.
Towards the end, Johansson recreated a scene from the movie “Get Out” with a white actor, Catherine Kenner. rubs a spoon over the teacup to hypnotize Black character played by Daniel Kaluuya. “SNL” cast member Kenan Thompson portrays Kaluuya on stage, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and looking wide-eyed at the camera with tears streaming down his face.
“But let the American people who are struggling right now know this. We hear you. We see you. We can smell you,” said the actor. “We are in your kitchen right now, looking at your refrigerator. What’s on the top shelf? Migrants”.
Britt responded to the criticism output On Fox News Sunday, he did not admit to making any mistakes or giving the wrong impression.
He was asked if he intended to give the impression that the story he told about the human trafficking victim took place during Biden’s time.
“No,” Britt replied, then added, “I made it very clear that I spoke to a woman who told me she was trafficked when she was 12, so I didn’t say teen. When she was trafficked at 12, she was a young woman, a grown woman. , I didn’t say woman.”
He doubled down in a statement Thursday that Biden “didn’t just create this border crisis. He invited it with 94 enforcement actions in the first 100 days.
The White House hit back at the Republican senator, accusing Britt of relying on “out-of-the-box lies” to attack Biden.
“Instead of telling more exposed lies to justify opposing the toughest bipartisan border legislation in modern history, Senator Britt should stop choosing people smugglers and fentanyl traffickers over our national security and the Border Patrol,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates. statement. “As President Biden said at the State of the Union, ‘We have a simple choice: we can fight to fix the border, or we can fix it.'”
Britt’s office did not immediately respond to NBC News’ requests for comment.