'It's unfortunate that an 'SNL' sketch about the Senate impeachment hearings portrayed a trial better than the real one by featuring witnesses,' writes Dean Obeidallah for CNNOpinion
Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program"The Dean Obeidallah Show" and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
"Saturday Night Live" gave us what 75% of Americans want and what the GOP-controlled Senate has refused: An impeachment trial with actual witnesses! It's a dark day for our nation when a comedy show embodies what a trial should look like more than the US Senate. But that's where we are, thanks to GOP senators' desperate devotion to Trump.A cold open began"SNL" with rolling text noting that the Senate trial will end without witnesses or new evidence, but adding for those hoping for more,"Here is ...The Trial You Wish Had Happened.
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