The opener of Saturday Night Live spoofed the televised moment when Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) received a Covid-19 vaccine.“Before we begin, I just want to reassure the American people that this vaccine is completely safe and harmless,” Pence says. “That is why President Trump refuses to take it or talk about it.”“Instead he sent me to be his, what do you call it?”“Human shield,” the doctor ready to inject him says.“That’s right.
That’s exactly the phrase he used. He is a colorful man, and even more fun on steroids,” Pence says.The real Mike Pence got a Covid-19 vaccine on Friday, in an event that was televised on network morning shows as lawmakers try to assure the public of its safety and effectiveness.
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