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Tom Hanks Returns as David S. Pumpkins in SNL Cold Open With Trump
Tom Hanks returned to Saturday Night Live on Halloween as David S. Pumpkins. James Austin Johnson, playing President Trump, interrupted the cold open.
- 2016 marked Hanks' first appearance as Pumpkins, weeks before Trump's first election.
- Mikey Day and former cast member Bobby Moynihan returned as dancing skeletons.
- Saidah Belo-Osagie played Nicki Minaj as Trump's next press secretary pick.
- Veronika Slowikowska appeared as Katie Zacharia, the departed press secretary.
Why it matters: The sketch drew on Trump's recent rally remarks. It aired as polls showed Republicans struggling before the midterms.
- Trump discussed Sen. Jon Husted's backside at a rally this month.
- Zacharia's tenure as press secretary lasted less than a week.
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Center coverage, 2 sources: The center reads the sketch through the midterm stakes, centering Trump's fear of Republican losses.
Left coverage, 2 sources: The left sees the sketch as a send-up of what it calls Trump's increasingly bizarre campaign comments.
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What’s next: Voters cast ballots in the midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
- Republicans have spent heavily on Paxton's Senate race, which Deadline rates a tossup.
- Will Trump or the White House respond to the sketch?
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