Saturday Night time Dwell solid member Molly Kearney descended—actually—into the Weekend Replace visitor seat on Saturday, the place they bashed a number of anti-trans payments being thought of in Republican state legislatures.
Kearney, who was strapped in a harness as they got here down onto the set, leaned into the bit straight away: “I’ve been hung up by my genitals for a lot too lengthy, and I’m beginning to really feel like a Republican lawmaker—HELLO!”
They torched Republicans’ efforts to limit gender-affirming look after trans children all through the nation, saying these makes an attempt to withhold entry had been harming youngsters.
“For some motive, there’s one thing concerning the phrase ‘trans’ that makes folks overlook the phrase ‘children,’” they mentioned. “If you happen to don’t care about trans children’ lives, which means you don’t care about freakin’ children’ lives.”
Kearney continued to make use of their harness to shift between jokes, noting sure phrases had been “code phrases” to carry them up. As soon as these phrases had been used—“carry them up”—Kearney was raised again towards the ceiling, the place they delivered a poignant message to children who might have been watching.
“What’s occurring, children, is improper, and you do not should be scared,” Kearney mentioned. “Our job is to guard you and your job is to concentrate on being a child. It’s type of like me flying within the SNL sky: There’s a bunch of dudes asking you about your crotch and controlling when and the place you’re allowed to pee, however if you happen to simply grasp on, you’ll lookup and understand: You’re flying, child!”
Kearney was introduced as SNL’s first nonbinary solid member in September alongside newcomers Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker, and Marcello Hernandez.