In surprise 'SNL' appearance, Nikki Haley jokes about Trump and her Civil War slavery controversy
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Nikki Haley made a surprise cameo on SNL, mocking Trump and joking with Ayo Edebiri about her past controversy talking about the Civil War
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a surprise cameo during "Saturday Night Live"'s cold open, mocking a fictional "Donald Trump," played by cast member James Austin Johnson, and joking about her past controversy talking about the Civil War.
The roughly two-minute appearance during a parody of a CNN town hall culminated with actress and comedian Ayo Edebiri, the episode's host, zinging Haley for her past comments in which she initially failed to name slavery as a main cause of the Civil War.
Introduced in the sketch as a "concerned South Carolina voter," Haley delivered several quips as she went back and forth with Johnson's version of Trump.
She began by asking the caricature of the former president, "Why won't you debate Nikki Haley?" -- jabbing at the real-life Trump's decision not to debate because of his large lead in the GOP primary race over her.
"Trump" then exclaimed, "Oh my god, it's her, the woman who was in charge of security on Jan. 6, it's Nancy Pelosi." It was a callback to a recent gaffe by Trump in which he appeared to confuse Haley for the former speaker of the House at a campaign event.
