Saturday Night Live is under fire for a controversial joke about President Donald Trump, days after it was criticized for mocking Kristi Noem over her husband Byron’s cross-dressing scandal.
In the latest controversy, host Michael Che discussed the president’s recent visit to the Kennedy Center for the opening night of the classic musical Chicago.
“President Trump attended Chicago’s opening night at the Kennedy Center, and I think that’s cool. “The president is going to the theater, mean, what’s the worst that could happen?”
Hundreds of fans took to social media and criticized SNL for their comments that appeared to reference the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while sitting in a private box during a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater in Washington in 1865.
About while another commented: “So #SNL is joking that the President of the United States of America could be assassinated. Sick motherfuckers!”
Another simply posted: “The President-theatre joke-,” accompanied by a GIF expressing shock. A fourth commenter wrote: “Che is joking about Trump’s assassination. There is no premise or punchline other than he went to a theater. What’s the worst that could happen?” while a fifth commented: ‘The crowd erupted in cheers. No applause, no laughter, no cheering.
A sixth added: “A sixth added: “Not a fan of the man at all, but that joke about Trump in a theater and the crowd cheering was not cool!”
