MAGA Melts Down Over Trump Fan Scared Of Black Host’s Handshake In Tom Hanks SNL50 Sketch
MAGA supporters lashed out on social media over a Saturday Night Live sketch in which a Trump fan portrayed by Tom Hanks is frightened by Black Jeopardy! Host Keenan Thompson’s offer of a handshake.
On Sunday night, the long-running sketch show celebrated its 50th anniversary with a three-hour SNL50 special that included a look back at classic moments and updates on old favorites.
Game show parodies are a staple of SNL and Black Jeopardy! is among the most popular. During a new version of the sketch, Hanks and Thompson called back to a gag from several years ago, in which Hanks recoils from a handshake as if he has interpreted the greeting as an act of violence:
KEENAN THOMPSON: That is the church lady. $400 for you!
TOM HANKS: Thank you. Speaking of church, can I say something? If more folks went to church, we wouldn’t be in this mess we’re in now.
KEENAN THOMPSON: You know what? I agree with you, Doug. I’d like to shake your hand, sir. Here we go.
TOM HANKS: (HANDS UP — BACKING AWAY FEARFULLY) No, no, no!
KEENAN THOMPSON: No, no. It’s just a handshake.
TOM HANKS: Oh all right.
KEENAN THOMPSON: You’re welcome at Black Jeopardy! anytime!
An X/Twitter user posted a 30-second clip from the bit and wrote “Tom Hanks in a MAGA hat, horrified at the idea of shaking a black man’s hand, tells you everything you need to know about what the left has learned since November and why they will thankfully continue to lose landslide election after landslide election for the foreseeable future”.
Other users were similarly offended:
Add another chapter to the book “Why We May Never Lose Again.” Unbelievably offensive. They’ve learned nothing. https://t.co/7Geqszjafc
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) February 17, 2025
As if I didn’t despise Hanks enough … what a douche https://t.co/f0eXylB8xm
— Geminigirl 🇺🇸 (@desertlife88) February 17, 2025
The way Tom Hanks pretends that MAGA people are afraid to interact with Black people is exactly how Hollywood elites would behave if they had to interact with working class people.
Ironic. https://t.co/tefXW6gmtH
— Michael Oxford – AKA The Santa Cruz Mountain Goat (@SCMountainGoat) February 17, 2025
They learned absolutely nothing since the election.
They have no clue who Trump voters are.@nbcsnl this is unfunny and gross. https://t.co/sRQpMyZvcB
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) February 17, 2025
“Oh, that makes it better” – nobody
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 17, 2025
Do they really think it was 77,300,000 “white people” who voted for Trump? 🤦🏻♂️
— Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) February 17, 2025
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