The thin skin of Lauren Boebert, Republican member of the House of Representatives from Colorado, was on full display over the weekend.
When Saturday Night Live returned from a short hiatus last Saturday, the opening sketch included digs at current world events.
This included some jabs at Boebert and her predilection for guns and lack of common sense.
The sketch saw Kate McKinnon’s Dr. Fauci answer some questions people might have about the new Omicron variant. The scenarios included eating at a restaurant, flying on a plane and visiting Santa at the mall.
But the sketch made a few jokes at the expense of politicians as well.
Pete Davidson played “disgraced former governor, Andrew Cuomo” who claimed he was out of work due to the disease.
But the funniest bit of all came with Chloe Fineman as Boebert and Cecily Strong as Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon adherent and Republican Representative from Georgia.
The two were holding guns, of course, and accused the government of pushing the “fake disease.”
The sketch version of Greene asked:
“The government has been using this fake disease to strip us of our freedoms. Do they think we’re dumb?”
Boebert followed up with:
“Please, would they give a dumb person a gun? Yes.”
The sketch went on to point out the logical failings of the real Congresswomen.
For a first sketch after a month away for the show, it was pretty funny.
SNL couldn\u2019t have done a better job portraying Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene.\n\nThis clip is a must watch pic.twitter.com/vZ2YqmJFWb— Jack Cocchiarella (@Jack Cocchiarella) 1639351602
Cecily Strong and Chloe Fineman can do no wrong.\n\n#SNLhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/snls-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-lauren-boebert-prove-just-how-dumb-they-are\u00a0\u2026— Matt Wilstein (@Matt Wilstein) 1639285711
I think SNL was too gentle with Boebert characterization.https://twitter.com/JDCocchiarella/status/1470173294066343937\u00a0\u2026— Loretta Kunz (@Loretta Kunz) 1639352574
Christmas greetings from Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert. #SNLpic.twitter.com/Nlleu9nZ1M— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1639306439
However, one person didn’t think it was funny and that was Boebert herself.
The Republican Congresswoman shared her thoughts about “no-name” Chloe Fineman playing her and claimed SNL was irrelevant.
You could clearly tell the skit got under her skin.
Just saw the poorly-acted SNL skit from last night.\n\nSeeing the poor trigger discipline from the no-name actress who played me makes me think Alec Baldwin did the gun safety training over there.\n\nBTW, when are they moving SNL over to CNN to die out of irrelevance?— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1639320933
Fineman responded on an Instagram story and said:
“Lmaoooooooo.”
She also called Boebert an “actual clown” and took the insult from the Congresswoman much better than Boebert herself.
Others online wasted no time pointing out how good Fineman’s performance was.
Her name is Chloe Fineman. She\u2019s a comedic genius & actress. You were lucky to have her parody you. \nToo bad you are unable to laugh at yourself\u2026 sad.\nAnd you joking about the tragic death on the movie \u201cRust\u201d is sick. No one was killed on the @nbcsnl sketch.https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1470044661146341380\u00a0\u2026— Jon Lovitz (@Jon Lovitz) 1639428497
Lauren Boebert is furious over how she was portrayed in an SNL skit last night.\n\nThank you SNL!— Jack Cocchiarella (@Jack Cocchiarella) 1639336491
Lauren Boebert is more upset about an SNL skit than she has ever been about a school shooting.https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1470044661146341380\u00a0\u2026— Liddle\u2019 Savage (@Liddle\u2019 Savage) 1639353739
It would be a shame if someone tweeted just the 42 sec SNL clip portraying Boebert 'n' Marge 3-names. Otherwise, viewers have to wait 5 min. into the skit. Jus sayin... real shame if it gets RTs.pic.twitter.com/u3qqHCaO9G— Oh, For Fuck's Sake \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udef5\u262e (@Oh, For Fuck's Sake \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udef5\u262e) 1639349168
I thought the acting was spot on and the character was nailed!!!! Her acting is better than yours by far!!— Rockymountaingirl (@Rockymountaingirl) 1639322722
Way to ensure more people go watch it— \ud83c\udf0a Purl \ud83c\udf0a (@\ud83c\udf0a Purl \ud83c\udf0a) 1639322092
Boebert has been criticized for thinking a little too highly of herself. Not only can she not laugh at herself, she also keeps a sticker of herself on her phone case.
Though there’s always the chance that’s to make sure she doesn’t forget it’s hers.
