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Saturday Night Live’s latest cold open drew swift responses from those portrayed. Pam Bondi, sharing a screenshot on X, cheered Amy Poehler’s impression and asked Kristi Noem, “should we recreate this picture in Chicago?” Noem stayed quiet, but DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Entertainment Weekly, “‘SNL’ is absolutely right — the Democrats’ shutdown does need to end!” On air, Poehler’s Bondi defended her controversial Senate hearing, joking about the Epstein files and James Comey’s indictment, before Tina Fey’s rifle-toting Noem, in a DHS hat, described recruiting for ICE with a mock ad.

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