'Saturday Night Live' season 50 premier reflects a reenergized election season

Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.

'Saturday Night Live' kicked off a historic 50th season by having beloved show veterans join its contemporary talents to present a satirical view of the reenergized election season. For the cold open, Maya Rudolph reprised her role as Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president. James Austin Johnson returned for his version of Republican foe and former President Donald Trump.

'A lot of people forget I'm president, including me,' he said. Johnson's Trump griped about Democrats changing their assumed nominee from Biden to Harris mid-race. 'I miss Joe Biden. Oh, Joe,' he lamented. 'They did a switcharoo ... and now everything is chaos. They're eating the dogs,' he said, echoing a baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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