Senator Elizabeth Warren made a cameo on Saturday Night Live on 7 March, and came face to face with her very own impersonator Kate McKinnon.

Warren’s appearance on SNL came just two days after she announced she was exiting the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The sketch – which led an episode hosted by Daniel Craig - parodied the Fox News show The Ingraham Angle, with Kate McKinnon playing its host, Laura Ingraham.

Introducing Warren, who was playing herself, McKinnon asked her how she has been feeling since withdrawing from the race.

“You know, I’m doing just fine,” Warren said. “My friends and family have been so supportive. They’ve been calling nonstop, asking: ‘Are you OK? What do you need? Were you electable?’ That kind of thing."

McKinnon then showed footage of “Warren debating Mike Bloomberg”, which actually ended up being a viral clip of Warren’s pet dog devouring a burrito.

Asked if she was the dog or the burrito in the video, Warren quipped: “I was the dog.”

Warren joked she had not yet decided who to endorse out of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, saying: “It’s tough. Maybe I’ll just pull a New York Times and endorse them both.”

The senator was alluding to the paper’s unusual decision to support two candidates in the race: Amy Klobuchar and Warren.

Warren said she was pleased with how she had run her campaign. “We built a wide coalition of teachers, preschool teachers, middle-school teachers, and teachers’ pets,” she said. “And not only did I not accept money from billionaires, I got to give one a swirly on live TV.”

The politician added she now has more time for self-care: “Hanging out with my dog, Bailey. Prank-calling big banks. Drag-racing Subarus. Avoiding Twitter.”

At the very end of the sketch McKinnon – who has impersonated Warren many times – dressed up as the senator and said: “I wanted to put on my favourite outfit to thank you for all that you’ve done in your lifetime.”

To which Warren replied: “I’m not dead — I’m just in the Senate.”

With Warren now out of the running, the Democratic primary is a two-man race between Sanders and Biden, who is currently the prohibitive frontrunner after winning the majority of states and delegates on Super Tuesday.


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'SNL': The Real Elizabeth Warren Joins Kate McKinnon's Elizabeth Warren for Cold Open (Video)

Phil Owen 

Kate McKinnon pulled double duty in this week's "SNL" cold open as she began the sketch playing Laura Ingraham and ended it playing Elizabeth Warren — while she stood next to the real Elizabeth Warren. You can check out the sketch in its entirety above. If you just want to see Warren's appearance, skip to the last two minutes or so.

The sketch began as a pretty standard "Ingraham Angle" cold open, with McKinnon's Ingraham talking about how nobody should actually care about the coronavirus, echoing the Trump administration's line about the epidemic that, despite claims that it's not that big of a deal, is quickly sweeping the globe.

Prior to Warren showing up at the end of the sketch, we actually got another big cameo by former "SNL" cast member Darrell Hammond, who Ingraham introduced as the newest Fox News anchor, Chris Matthews. And Hammond's impression was spot on.

As the sketch neared its end, Ingraham introduced the show's final guest, Elizabeth Warren. Since McKinnon usually is the one who plays Warren on "SNL," there was a brief moment of uncertainty before the actual Elizabeth Warren's face appeared on screen.

After a few moments, McKinnon sprinted into frame dressed in the same outfit as the real Warren as they ended the sketch and together they delivered that signature "SNL" line, "Live from New York it's Saturday night!"

As you might expect, the conversation generally centered on what Warren has been up to since she dropped out of the presidential race this week, with Warren delivering one zinger after another.

For example, Ingraham asked who she would endorse for the Democratic nomination now, and Warren replied: "It's tough. Maybe I'll just pull a New York Times and endorse them both." This joke refers to how The New York Times editorial board endorsed both Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the Democratic nomination.

Warren says she's had a lot of fun now that she's got a lot more free time, joking that she's been "prank calling big banks" and "drag racing Subarus."

Warren also shouted out what might have been her greatest moment during her campaign, when she tore into Mike Bloomberg during one of the primary debates. "Not only did I not accept money from billionaires, I got to give one a swirly on live TV.

She also wanted to remind everyone that despite her defeat, it's not as though her political career has ended. "I'm not dead, I'm just in the Senate," Warren quipped.

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