‘SNL’ pokes fun at Biden’s age in cold open

“Saturday Night Live” (SNL) poked fun at President Biden’s age in its latest cold open as its cast impersonated some of the president’s closest allies to argue that Biden is not too old to serve another term.

The latest episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” opened with a parody of CNN’s “Inside Politics” with Dana Bash, played by Heidi Gardner. Gardner kicked off the mock program with Michael Longfellow, who played California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

“I understand that people care about the president’s age, but what they should care about is his record. Look at what Joe Biden has done for America. He’s created more jobs than any president in history. Inflation is down. The Shamrock Shake is back and Beyoncé has gone country. Thank you, Joe,” Longfellow said.

Gardner asked her guest whether Biden can make the case for himself with the “speed and sharpness that someone like you can.” Longfellow appeared to poke fun at Newsom and several allies of Biden by arguing that behind closed doors, the president is “incredible.”

“Dana, he — Joe can do it better. I was just with him and behind closed doors, Joe is incredible. Yesterday we had a big meeting about the border and God, he had such command,” Longfellow said. “He had charts, tables, PowerPoints, he had an interactive [augmented reality] display on the Apple Vision Pro — that he programmed himself. The software might be in beta but the man — he’s in alpha.”

When Gardner noted that people call Biden “Sleepy Joe,” Longfellow responded: “Well he has to sleep Dana!” before adding that “even when he’s sleeping, he’s on.”

“The other day he was taking a nap, and I whipped a baseball at him and he caught it like De Niro in ‘Awakenings.’ Lightning quick,” Longfellow said.

The scene then cuts to Ego Nwodim playing White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. She displayed portions of Biden’s mock schedule, including a 7 a.m. Soul Cycle class that “he leads,” a speed chess match in the park at 8:30 that he wins by 8:32, and a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he wins a push-up contest.

“Hello Dana, pleasure to be with you to talk about the most vigorous man I’ve ever known, Joe Biden,” Nwodim said, which was met with a “Really?” from Gardner.

“Absolutely. I was just with him and behind closed doors, he’s a whirlwind,” Nwodim said.

The cold open also included Marcello Hernández playing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who described Biden’s trip to the border last week. Hernández defended Biden, again arguing that behind closed doors, Biden is a “dynamo.”

“This weekend we both went down to the border town in Brownsville, Texas. And Joe went into beast mode. He said we’re going to tighten this border. Look how easy I can cross it. Then he parkoured up to the top of the border wall, pro-flipped into the Rio Grande and came back up with a fish in his mouth. But you didn’t report that because it doesn’t fit your little narrative,” he joked.

Before the end of the segment, Longfellow tried to video call Biden, played by Mikey Day.

“Hey, hold on, I’m just going to turn up the volume — just gotta find a button. There we go —” he said before ending the mock call.

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