Skip to main content

Tina Fey mocks Sarah Palin’s Trump endorsement in hilarious SNL skit

Palin Endorsement Cold Open - SNL
Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 19 during a rally in Iowa, so naturally one thing had to happen: Tina Fey donned her glasses and returned to Saturday Night Live to impersonate the former governor of Alaska. Fey  joined Darrell Hammond (as Trump) to give viewers the 
Recommended Videos
SNL version of the very memorable (to say the least) endorsement speech.

As usual, Fey was hilarious as Palin. The skit kicked off by mocking the politician’s TV career, tying it into her comments about the state of the country. “I’m here because we Americans are strugglin’,” said Fey’s Palin. “So many of us have lost our jobs at the factory or our reality shows about Alaska … we turn on the news every morning and are shocked to see we’re not even on it because we’ve been replaced by immigrants like Geraldo Rivera.”

Of course, SNL‘s writers couldn’t help but parody the bizarre tongue-twisters from Palin’s speech, either — with some pop culture allusions sprinkled in as well. “I’m here for all you … whether you’re a mom, or two broke girls, or three men and a baby, or a rock ‘n’ roller, holy roller, pushing stroller, pro bowler with an abscess molar,” said Fey, capturing Palin’s seemingly poetry-slam-inspired delivery.

Hammond did his part in adding to the entertaining skit as well, providing absurd commentary throughout the endorsement. He started out by talking about how “great” Palin is, but as his speech went on, his tune quickly changed. “I hope nobody’s allergic to nuts, ’cause we got a big one here,” he said. “She’s two Corinthians short of a Bible.”

The episode was hosted by UFC fighter Ronda Rousey, who is set to co-star with Fey in the upcoming film Do Nothing Bitches.

Stephanie Topacio Long
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Stephanie Topacio Long is a writer and editor whose writing interests range from business to books. She also contributes to…
20 years ago, Nicolas Cage took audiences on a globe-trotting adventure in this heist movie
A group of four people stand above a rail and hold torches.

Twenty years ago, Nicolas Cage's Benjamin Franklin Gates did the impossible in the movie National Treasure: he stole the Declaration of Independence. Directed by Jon Turtletaub, the adventure film follows Ben Gates, a historian and treasure hunter searching for a secret American fortune that dates back to the Freemason treasure. With the help of computer expert Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) and archivist Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger), Gates races to find the hidden treasure before it gets into the hands of the greedy Ian Howe (Sean Bean), his former friend and treasure hunter.

Upon its release, National Treasure divided critics and audiences. Critics rejected the unrealistic plot and premise, while audiences championed the Cage-led adventure. The film's A- CinemaScore and successful box office haul led to a sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a Disney+ show, and a potential third film. National Treasure remains as enjoyable a watch as it did in 2004.
Nicolas Cage's return to action stardom

Read more
Everything coming to Netflix in December 2024
A group of people stand together in Squid Game season 2.

Squid Game: Season 2 | Official Teaser | Netflix

It seems like only yesterday we were ringing in 2024. Now, it's almost December, and a momentous year is set to close with an avalanche of highly anticipated movies and shows set for release. Thanksgiving will give the public "Glicked," a double feature of Wicked and Gladiator 2 that aims to replicate the success of Barbenheimer. Then, there's Moana 2, Kraven the Hunter, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and, to close out the year, the retro horror flick Nosferatu.

Read more
Alien: Earth teaser reveals 2025 release date and a terrifying Xenomorph
An alien drools from its mouth.

In space, no one can hear you scream, but on Earth, all bets are off. The new teaser for Alien: Earth features a terrifying Xenomorph ready to wreak havoc on humanity.

"In 2120, Mother Earth is expecting," a voice-over says at the beginning of the teaser before cutting to horrifying screeches and howls from an alien and a woman.  The teaser also revealed FX's Alien: Earth's release date: It will in the summer of 2025 on Hulu.

Read more