MSN (msn.com) "Republican representative is demanding that Saturday Night Live issue a "full-fledged apology" after the show mocked New York Representative Elise Stefanik.
Saturday's episode opened with a sketch parodying the congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. On December 5, the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania discussed measures to address the rise in antisemitism at colleges amid the Israel-Hamas war, with their testimonies prompting uproar online.
An exchange between University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and Stefanik has gained particular traction, with conservatives—including North Carolina Representative Greg Murphy—blasting SNL for ridiculing Stefanik while being less harsh on the "progressive" college leaders.
On October 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostage. Israel subsequently fired airstrikes on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut off supplies of food, medicine, fuel and energy into Gaza, before launching a ground offensive. As of Monday, 17,700 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Associated Press, with roughly 90 percent of the area's 2.3 million population displaced.
The conflict has led to a rise in anti-Palestinian and antisemitic attacks across the U.S. Although she denounced antisemitism earlier in the hearing, Magill was criticized for seemingly evading a question by Stefanik.
When asked if students "calling for the genocide of Jews" breaks the university's rules against harassment, Magill called it a "context-dependent decision."
"If the speech turns into conduct it, can be harassment, yes," she told Stefanik.
The exchange went viral, with Magill resigning from her post on Saturday. The SNL skit that night starred Ego Nwodim as Harvard President Claudine Gay, Heidi Gardner as MIT's Sally Kornbluth, and Chloe Fineman as Magill, while Chloe Troast portrayed Stefanik.
"I'll turn it over to MAGA superstar Elise Stefanik from New York, who's been pacing the hallways listening to Lose Yourself by Eminem," said comedian Molly Kearney, dressed as Representative Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
"Thank you, chairwoman," Troast replied. "I'm going to start screaming questions at these women. I'm Billy Eichner."
"Yes or no, is calling for the genocide of Jews against the code of conduct for Harvard?" she asks Nwodim, who replied: "Well, depends on the context."
Troast then moved on to Fineman, yelling: "UPenn lady, same question, yes or no?"
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