Saturday Night Live (SNL), with cast member Colin Jost, faced criticism after a recent skit where they mocked former President Donald Trump for using the term 'de-banking,' suggesting that the term was made up and unknown to them. Critics pointed out that 'de-banking' is a real issue, as evidenced by 19 state attorneys general who found that JP Morgan has discriminated against certain customers. The skit's reception indicates a disconnect between the show's writers and more serious financial and political issues, such as individuals in Canada and China losing access to bank accounts due to their political views.
NEW: SNL mocks Trump for using the term “de-bank”, stating that they have no idea what it means 👀 This is despite people from 🇨🇦 Canada to 🇨🇳 China losing access to their bank accounts for having political views found unacceptable by the state 😮 https://t.co/GcBda9NuBD
“I don’t know what 'de-bank' means. But he may have to call de-ambulance to see de-doctor." SNL thinks de-banking is a joke. But it’s not a joke to: >The 19 state attorneys general who unearthed evidence that JP Morgan has “persistently discriminated against certain customers… https://t.co/WlML4AAv5S
#SNL did a skit about #debanking, mocking that “de-banking” is a new term made up by Trump (it’s not) & they don’t know what it means🤦♀️. That reveals so much about SNL’s writers. May I recommend they get out of their echo chamber & into the heartland? They might learn something. https://t.co/8v8YWYB0yf
. @nbcsnl’s @ColinJost doesn’t know what getting de-banked means… Yikes. Out of touch. https://t.co/sW2XYsjXaE
SNL just did a joke mocking Trump for using the word “de-banking,” on grounds that they’d never heard the word & so it must be crazy.