‘Saturday Night Live’ searches for Republican hero with mock movie trailer

“Saturday Night Live” used a mock action movie trailer during its latest show to ask which Republican will step forward and speak out against President Trump.

“It was a country in chaos,” the narrator says over news clips of White House protests, bomb threats at Jewish community centers and the immigration debate. “A nation divided.”

“Led by a president with unchecked power … until one Republican decided enough was enough,” the narrator adds. “A patriot who put country over party, who finally stood up for his nation’s founding values. A man by the name of … TBD.”

{mosads}“The A.V. Club calls it a touching tribute to whoever it ends up being about,” reads a mock review.

“And Rolling Stone says it’s definitely not about Paul Ryan,” the trailer adds in a reference to the Speaker.

You can watch the mock trailer in the video player above.

–This report was updated at 12:29 p.m.

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