The unprecedented controversy surrounding Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee for education secretary, gave “Saturday Night Live” a new target — and Kate McKinnon, who had previously played Hillary Clinton and Kellyanne Conway, got the role. “DeVos” appeared on the Feb. 4 show during a mock press conference by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, played by Melissa McCarthy. [Six astonishing things Betsy DeVos said — and refused to say — at her confirmation hearing]That was a reference to the nominee’s inability to speak knowledgeably about a number of important education issues. At one point in the Jan. 17 hearing on Capitol Hill, the real Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) asked her whether she would agree that guns don’t belong in schools. McCarthy as Spicer said, “Betsy, that’s enough for now.”

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2017 14:48 UTC