Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live last night, playing a character named "Bernie Sanderswitzky" who was upset at a passenger on a sinking ship was attempting to hop the line for a lifeboat due to his higher economic status. "Sanderswitzky" said that he was not a socialist, rather that the policy was "democratic socialism," and that the difference between the two was "yuge."
Watch here, and it's actually pretty funny:
The episode was hosted by comedian Larry David, and word of Sanders' cameo had leaked in the days before the episode aired.
Earlier in the night, SNL aired a skit titled "Bern Your Enthusiasm" that purportedly showed how Sanders (played by David) lost the Iowa caucuses by upsetting five potential supporters:
During the episode, Sanders changed the avatar on his official campaign Twitter account to a picture of David playing Sanders on the show.
Sanders is the third 2016 presidential candidate to appear on SNL this season.
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