Chris Rock Rethinks Who Should Be Able to Run for President in SNL Monologue
Chris Rock had a lot of ground to cover in his opening monologue for the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live." Between the president's COVID diagnosis, the president's tax returns, and the president's debate performance, no one would blame him for skipping a few of the week's highlights. But Rock not only took on the deluge of news, topic by topic, he also offered a potential answer to the endless amount of issues our nation faces. His solution? Start over.
“I think we need to renegotiate our relationship to the government," proclaimed Rock to loud applause from the masked audience. "Joe Biden should be the last president ever. We need a whole new system.” He then made his case by pointing out the lunacy of not being able to fire someone for being bad at their job. "I mean, what job do you have for four years no matter what? Show me one job. Like if you hired a cook and he was making people vomit every day, do you sit there and go, ‘Well, he’s got a four-year deal. We’ve just got to vomit for four more years."
Except we don't. There's a cure, and Rock knows what it is. "We’ve got to get out there. We’ve got to vote," he urged, before quoting the great James Baldwin. "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can change until it is faced."
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