Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Homeland Security have responded after Amy Poehler skewered them on Saturday Night Live. Poehler returned to host the long-running NBC show on Saturday, opening with a sketch spoofing Bondi’s Senate hearing, featuring Tina Fey as Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem.
On X, Bondi shared a screenshot of Poehler and Fey in character with the caption: “Sec_Noem, should we recreate this picture in Chicago? Loving Amy Poehler!” Meanwhile, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin commented on the sketch in a statement to Entertainment Weekly: “SNL is absolutely right — the Democrats’ shutdown does need to end!”
The sketch depicted Poehler’s Bondi as evasive and sarcastic, refusing to answer questions and insulting senators. When asked to spell her name, she said Bondi is spelled with an “i” because “I ain’t gonna answer any of your questions.” The parody referenced Bondi’s tense recent Senate testimony, during which she often lashed out at questioners.
Later, Fey’s Noem entered with an assault rifle and baseball cap, living up to her “Ice Barbie” moniker. The biggest laugh came when a senator insisted Democrats wanted to end the government shutdown more than Republicans, to which Fey’s Noem replied: “Ha — that makes me laugh more than the ending to Old Yeller,” a reference to Noem’s memoir confession that she shot her puppy.
