Going into a new episode of "Saturday Night Live," it was clear that this week's political news had provided the show with plenty of material for the cold open - though whether the show would focus on the State of the Union itself or the Republican rebuttal remained an unknown.
Ultimately, the show decided to split the difference with Mikey Day briefly impersonating President Joe Biden, before throwing the sketch to the GOP's response, which Day's Biden joked would "help me more than anything else I could say here."
The show cut to Scarlett Johansson in a mock-up of Alabama Sen. Katie Britt's barren kitchen, where the actress mimicked Britt's slow, choppy cadence while saying that she was "auditioning for the part of scary mom."
While Johansson is not a member of the SNL cast, she is a longtime friend of the show who has hosted six times and is married to Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost.
"I'm worried about the future of our children. And this is why I've invited you into this strange, empty kitchen," Johansson said. "Because Republicans wanted me to appeal to woman voters. And women love kitchen."
The sketch took aim at Britt's claim that a Mexican woman was sex-trafficked in the United States during the Biden administration when in actuality the woman in question was trafficked in Mexico decades ago.
"Rest assured, every detail about it is real," Johansson-as-Britt said. "Except the year, where it took place and who was president when it happened."
The sketch then lapsed into parodies of a QVC ad and the hypnosis scene in Jordan Peele's "Get Out" before concluding with a warning from Britt to the president.
"In conclusion, to the President of the United States, I'll just say this: Mr. Biden, this isn't the last you'll see of Katie Britt. Maybe not in politics. But when you close your eyes - I'll be right there."
