Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to a “Saturday Night Live” sketch in which he was used to poke fun at President Biden’s age on Sunday.
“SNL” depicted Mayorkas’ interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, an interview that ended in reality Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
On the show, the actor portraying Mayorkas denied claims that Biden was moving too slowly at the border during his visit last week, saying he saw the president perform superhuman feats of agility and strength.
“Behind closed doors, he’s a dynamo,” the faux-Mayorkas said. “He went into beast mode. He said, ‘We gotta tighten this border. Look how easy I can cross it.’ Then he parked up to the top of the border wall. He crossed over to the front of the Rio Grande and came back with a fish in his mouth.”
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Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to an “SNL” skit in which he was used to poke fun at President Biden’s age on Sunday. (Getty Images)
Bash asked Mayorkas about the sketch on Sunday morning, asking, “Does that happen every day?”
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“We all need a little comic relief now and then. I thought George Clooney did a terrific job,” Mayorkas said, cracking a joke of his own. Actually, Marcello Hernández played Mayorkas.
Bash said the joke has a kernel of truth, as many Americans are concerned about Biden’s age, while administration officials tend to point to supposed examples of the president’s vitality that the president doesn’t see. public. Mayorkas continued this trend in response to Bash.
“They should spend a little time with Joe Biden like I did,” he responded before offering an anecdote. “I spend a lot of time preparing for meetings with him and interacting with him because he is very detail-oriented, analytical and operationally focused.”
“But no fishing in the Rio Grande?” Bash asked.
“Not for me,” Mayorkas said.
Critics derided Biden for moving slowly during his visit to the US-Mexico border last week in Brownsville, Texas. (Getty Images)
Biden visited the US-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, last week, holding a competing event with former President Trump, who visited the more heavily trafficked Eagle Pass, Texas.
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Data from US Customs and Border Protection shows Brownsville has seen just 46 migrant encounters in the past five days, compared to 2,106 in Eagle Pass. The former averaged 17 migrant encounters per day in February, while the latter averaged 462.
