Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently caught flak for her unprecedented criticism of Donald Trump, calling him a “faker” and joking that she was considering a move to New Zealand in the event of a Trump presidency—remarks that she later conceded were “ill-advised.” Kate McKinnon was less conciliatory when she dressed up as the Supreme Court justice for a special RNC segment of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. McKinnon, playing up Ginsburg’s tiny stature and seemingly boundless energy, dished out a few “Ginsburns” against Trump and his allies, making Colin Jost crack up a few times in the process.
McKinnon responded to Trump’s accusation that R.B.G. is losing her grip: “If my mind is shot, Donald Trump’s mind is shot, stabbed, strangled, put in a vat of wet cement, and dumped in the Gowanus Canal.” She also took shots at Mike Pence and Chris Christie—and made a particularly daring joke about Merrick Garland. They don’t call her Notorious for nothing.
