Please Don't Destroy - Election Night - SNL — Transcript
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- 0:03-Maybe a sketch about the midterms?
- 0:04-Mm. -Oh.
- 0:06-What are the midterms? -I don't know.
- 0:07-I'm not sure at all. [ Knock on door ]
- 0:09-Hey, guys. -Molly.
- 0:10-Hey. -Hey.
- 0:12-Do you guys know anything about politics?
- 0:14-Uh, why? You need help writing a sketch?
- 0:16-No, no, no, sir. Something b--
- 0:18Something very bad has happened.
- 0:19-What's going on? -Look.
- 0:21-In a shocking upset victory,
- 0:23your new attorney general of Ohio
- 0:25is political newcomer...
- 0:27Molly Kearney.
- 0:29-What the hell?
- 0:30-Molly Kearney.
- 0:33-Oh, no!
- 0:34-Oh, my God.
- 0:35-I don't want to be eternal general.
- 0:37-How did this happen?
- 0:38-For a look at how it all started,
- 0:40we go to our political correspondent Steve Kornacki.
- 0:42-Steve Kornacki?! -Well, thanks, Mike.
- 0:45Well, from what we can tell,
- 0:46the campaign all began with a viral tweet.
- 0:49-Oh, my God.
- 0:50-"I lowkey feel like I'd make a good Ohio attorney general.
- 0:54LMAO!!! #InMyFeelings"
- 0:58-I got to stop tweeting drunk.
- 1:00-This is just an unprecedented win
- 1:02for the 30-year-old "SNL" background extra.
- 1:06-Come on, man. I'm on the cast.
- 1:08-Don't you have to be, like, a lawyer to do this?
- 1:09Have you passed the bar.
- 1:11-Brother, I don't pass the bar. I only go in.
- 1:13[ Chuckles ]
- 1:14-What?! Was that a joke?!
- 1:16-You know what? This is all gonna be okay.
- 1:18We have some time to figure it out.
- 1:20-In just 20 minutes, we'll be hearing Kearney's big speech.
- 1:23-A speech? -Oh, no.
- 1:25-Okay, guys, I think I know what we got to do.
- 1:26-This election is a fraud!
- 1:28Don't believe fake-news media!
- 1:30-Molly. Molly. -Molly, Molly, no,
- 1:32we can help you. -Really?
- 1:33-Yeah, we'll be your chiefs of staff.
- 1:34-Alright, what do we got to do now?
- 1:36-First things first, you got to get a new look.
- 1:37-What? I like my look.
- 1:39-Get real. You look like a little-league umpire.
- 1:40-You're right.
- 1:41-We got to give you the full C-SPAN -- now.
- 1:45-Are people gonna like this? I look like a Lego guy.
- 1:48-Exactly.
- 1:49-And we got you a new camera-ready Christian family.
- 1:52-Oh, I don't need --
- 1:53-We're so proud of you, honey.
- 1:55-Well, hello, Mrs. Kearney.
- 1:58-Looking good, you guys.
- 2:00Don't you [bleep] this up for me.
- 2:01-Molly, you're gonna want to see this.
- 2:03-Is this really who Ohio deserves?
- 2:06-Brother, I don't pass the bar. I only go in.
- 2:08-Molly Kearney is a delusional alcoholic
- 2:11and a nearly 40-year-old "SNL" stagehand.
- 2:14-I'm on the cast!
- 2:16-We're just five minutes away now from the big speech,
- 2:19and, according to Ohio law, if that speech is bad,
- 2:22Molly will be sent straight to jail.
- 2:25-Aw! -Jail?
- 2:26I'm gonna throw up.
- 2:28-Quick. We need a platform. What's something you believe in?
- 2:30-♪ I believe in a thing called love ♪
- 2:31-No, like, what do you think of the death penalty?
- 2:33-It's a good title for a movie.
- 2:35-We just need one real policy.
- 2:36-Every day's Christmas.
- 2:38-That would never work, you dumb son of a bitch,
- 2:40because Christmas wouldn't be as special that way.
- 2:43-Think.
- 2:44-Are A.G.s even involved in policymaking?
- 2:47-Lucas, out -- now.
- 2:49-Security.
- 2:51-[ Speaks indistinctly ]
- 2:52-Would you look at that? It's time for Molly's speech.
- 2:56Uh, I'm here.
- 2:57-[ Gasps ] -Oh, my God.
- 2:58-Time's up, Molly.
- 2:59America's watching.
- 3:00-You got this. Come on. -You got it.
- 3:04-Well, I just want to say that I may not have a law degree,
- 3:08but what I do have is a real big heart.
- 3:11Ohio, let's do this thing.
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