Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Warren talks college debt forgiveness on ‘SNL’

Comedian Kate McKinnon on Saturday parodied 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” joking about the Massachusetts senator’s “crackpot idea” of actually saying how she’s going to implement policies she’s promoting. 

McKinnon, dressed as Warren and appearing to mock her hand gestures, starts the segment by noting how she’s separating herself from the large 2020 Democratic field. 

{mosads}”I’m setting myself apart from the other candidates by saying what I’m going to do and how I’m going to do it,” McKinnon, playing Warren, says. “Whoa, what a crackpot idea.”

She goes on to discuss her college debt forgiveness plan, noting that when she went to college, it cost her just $2.50 a semester and that she received a scholarship to play “varsity hoop and stick.”

“College debt forgiveness is essential. I wish I could be forgiven for what I did in college, but that squirrel family was there, and I already had a broth going,” McKinnon says before pointing to the crowd and forming a fist with her hand.

McKinnon’s Warren notes that she hopes her college debt forgiveness plan can separate her from the pack. She then take the opportunity to call out the “clown car” that the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign has turned into. 

“I’m over here, working round the clock to give you free college, but oh, lookee there — Beto O’Dork did parkour in a Starbucks,” McKinnon says, referring to former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas). 

“Whoops, I just figured out universal pre-K, but what’s that over there — Mayor Pete Bu-Judge Judy-Jute’s playing piano and speaking fluent Klingon,” McKinnon continues, referring to the popularity South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg has gained for his language skills. Both Buttigieg and O’Rourke have launched 2020 campaigns for president. 

“I know as a Democrat, I’m not supposed to say this, but speak English,” McKinnon says. 

She concludes the segment by referring to former Vice President Joe Biden as an “Amtrak masseuse” and criticizing fellow Democrats for their reticence when it comes to impeaching President Trump. 

“All the other Democrats are so concerned with decorum,” she says. “It’s like the Titanic is sinking and we’re politely waiting in line for the bathroom. Who cares? Go ahead, America. Just stick your ass over the rail and dump.”

Warren has championed numerous progressive causes in her 2020 presidential campaign. In April, she unveiled a plan that would cancel nearly all student loan debt and create universal free public college.