It broke Kate McKinnon’s brain to read that her impression of Hillary Clinton may have hurt her chances against Donald Trump in 2016.
McKinnon told Good Hang podcast—and fellow SNL alum—Amy Poehler Tuesday, “I remember there was one article that was like, ‘Will she hurt Hillary Clinton?’ And I was like, ‘God, y’all’… Should not have read, should never have looked, but that notion just broke my brain. Obviously, no one, I think, doing a satire has the power to actually influence” an election, she continued, “but I did not want to hurt anybody, even people I vehemently disagreed with politically.”
The SNL vet was a staple on the cast from 2012 to 2022, during which time she portratyed many politicians, most notably Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, and Rudy Giuliani. Doing political comed

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