In this sketch performed at Saturday's dress rehearsal but which was ultimately cut from the show, "Saturday Night Live" spoofed the contentious confirmation hearings (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/john-mccain-filibuster_n_2618461.html) for President Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel (played here by Jason Sudeikis).
In the "SNL" parody, Republicans are portrayed as going over-the-top in giving Hagel a tough time for being, in their view, insufficiently pro-Israel. Senators such as John McCain and Lindsay Graham balk at Hagel's record of statements about the Middle East, and Sen. Tim Scott, an African-American Republican from South Carolina, gets emotional over how deeply his allegiance to the state goes, proclaiming that Israel has the nicest people, the tallest mountains and the best hip-hop.
McCain even asks Hagel if his devotion to the Jewish state would include performing intercourse acts on a donkey at the insistence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which led to several of the "SNL" cast members to break character (this was a dress rehearsal, after all).
Check out the clip above to watch the Republicans fight over who is the most pro-Israel.
Via: HuffingtonPost