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'Saturday Night Live': Latest Trump-Clinton sketch is the moment of unity we've all been waiting for
In this photo provided by NBC, Alec Baldwin, left, as Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, and Kate McKinnon, as Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, perform during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on the 42nd season of "Saturday Night Live," in New York, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)
Can't we all just get along? Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon seem to think so.
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This week's "Saturday Night Live" kicked off with the usual political parody: Baldwin's Donald Trump locked lips with an FBI agent, Russian President Vladimir Putin and a Ku Klux Klan member while McKinnon-as-Clinton begged for another Trump audio leak to distract from her email scandal.
But what happened next was what the exhausted electorate has been waiting for – some unity amid a divisive campaign.
“I’m sorry, Kate; I just hate yelling all this stuff at you like this,” Baldwin said, dropping his Trump facade.
"Yeah, I know, right? This whole election has been so mean," McKinnon said.
"I mean, I just feel gross all the time. Don't you guys feel gross all the time about this?" Baldwin asked the audience.
"You know what I think can help us? Let's get out of here," McKinnon said, taking Baldwin's hand and fleeing the studio.
The pair then embraced apparent foes in Times Square before returning to the stage and urging viewers to vote.
"On Tuesday, we all get to choose what kind of country we want to live in," McKinnon said.
