‘People want something new,’ says Texas Senator-elect James Talarico as he crashes Trump sketch on ‘SNL’
‘People want something new,’ says Texas Senator-elect James Talarico as he crashes Trump sketch on ‘SNL’
Morning Honey Staff Sun, November 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
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Texas Senator-elect James Talarico makes surprise 'SNL' appearance. BY: MEGA
The latest episode of Saturday Night Live was eclipsed by James Talarico’s cameo. The Democrat has made history by winning the Texas Senate race in the midterms, and the new SNL cold open focused on the GOP’s midterm defeat.
Talarico makes surprise ‘SNL’ appearance after Texas Senate victory
The sketch features James Austin Johnson as President Donald Trump. It showcases Sarah Sherman as Chuck Schumer, and Kenan Thompson as Hakeem Jeffries heralding the Democrats’ big blue win in the midterms.
“We flipped the house,” Thompson’s Jeffries says in the sketch, adding, “We flipped the Senate. And how did we do it?”
Johnson as Trump takes a jibe at the latest set of social media posts shared by the President. “That’s right, the Democrats never would have won without this horrible economy and terrible war, so in the words of Moana’s big fat friend, you’re welcome,” he says.
“I didn’t even say it was rigged. I accepted the results, which is almost scarier, in a way. It’s like, what the h*** is he planning?” he adds.
The moment James Talarico crashed the ‘SNL’ cold open
The Senator-elect Talarico arrived just in time for the sketch’s surprise element on SNL. “I’m James Talarico, the guy who’s been texting you every day asking for $5,” he says, introducing himself on the show.
“But I think, Mr. President, if we can work together, we can make life better for everyday Americans,” Talarico adds.
The 37-year-old Texas Democrat adds, “It’s clear people want something new. They want something different. I’m talking, of course, about SNL‘s cold opens. How many of these Trump freezers are they going to do?”
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One of the many Truth Social posts shared by Trump after the GOP’s loss read, “I wasn’t on the ballot, and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!” The post made it to SNL as part of the sketch.
What Talarico said after his historic Texas win
Talarico beat Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday, marking the first time a Democrat has won a U.S. Senate seat in Texas since Lloyd Bentsen’s 1988 win.
Addressing a sea of people in his victory speech earlier this week, Talarico said, “We just took back Texas.”
“We just proved that all the money in the world is no match for the people of Texas. We just showed that a politics of division is no match for a politics of love,” the former schoolteacher added.
“We were the underdogs in this race. We went up against nearly 40 years of doubt and disillusion,” after his big Senate race win in Texas, Talarico said.
After defeating Paxton, he highlighted the Texas win as voters rejecting establishment politics. “Those attacks were the final howls of a dying establishment, the death rattle of a status quo that knows its day is numbered.”
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