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'Believe Women, Until It's Time To Stop': Republican Senators Celebrate In 'SNL' Open

Republican senators were in full party mode in Saturday Night Live's cold open, the day of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation. Here's a look at the show's political parodies this week.
Beck Bennett as Sen. Mitch McConnell, Heidi Gardner as Dana Bash on <em>Saturday Night Live</em> on Saturday.

Saturday Night Live returned with its second episode of the 44th season, imagining the locker room talk among Senate Republicans on a day that marked a big victory for conservatives as Brett Kavanaugh became the newest Supreme Court justice.

As CNN's Dana Bash (Heidi Gardner) reported from the locker room celebration, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Beck

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