Amy Poehler mocked Attorney General Pam Bondi on SNL. Here’s how she responded
Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't seem upset when Amy Poehler mockingly portrayed her during Saturday Night Live's cold opening over the weekend.
The opening skit for the Oct. 11 program featured Poehler, as Bondi, providing testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The skit spoofs a real hearing between Bondi and the committee, which took place on Oct. 7.
President Trump, who picked Bondi to be Attorney General in his second term, has been known to lash out at Saturday Night Live for their portrayals of him.
Bondi, however, didn't express any anger. In fact, the Attorney General wrote on the social media platform X that she was "loving Amy Poehler!"
The SNL skit featured Poehler throwing insults at Democratic senators, with her telling Mikey Day, who portrayed Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, "before I don't answer, I'd like to insult you personally."
"Senator Blumenthal, look at this honky," Poehler said. "Even people in Connecticut go, 'Damn that guy's white as hell.'"
When testifying before the Senate Judiciary CommitteeJustice Department Oversight Hearingon Oct. 7, Bondi said she wished Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-CA, loved their states "as much as they hate Donald Trump," the BBC reported.
Bondi told lawmakers she wouldn't discuss the "personal matters" related to the firings of senior DOJ officials. She did not answer a question related to the department looking into the finances of Jeffrey Epstein, according to the BBC.
During the Saturday Night Live skit, Tina Fey, who played Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, walked up to Poheler with an assault rifle in her arms. She gave an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment speech — parodying a real advertisement from ICE featuring Noem.
"Do you like to use zip-ties because people in your life don't trust you with keys?" Fey asks.
"You know it," Poehler responds.
Bondi also seemed amused by Fey's portrayal of Noem. The Attorney General tagged the DHS Secretary on X , asking if they should go to Chicago and recreate the scene of Fey and Poehler standing side by side.
The Trump administration has been targeting Chicago in recent weeks, sending ICE agents into the city toconductimmigration enforcement operations. The administration also tried to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, but federal courts have so far blocked the move.
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