VIDEO: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Takes on the Coronavirus in New Political Cold Open

Last night's episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE took on the coronavirus in its latest political-themed cold open sketch.

In the sketch, Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) holds a White House press conference to update the American public about the coronavirus and fields questions from Democratic presidential candidates Michael Bloomberg (Fred Armisen), Bernie Sanders (Larry David), Elizabeth Warren (Kate McKinnon), Joe Biden (John Mulaney), Pete Buttigieg (Colin Jost) and Amy Klobuchar (Rachel Dratch).

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