Jake Tapper… Beck Bennett
Kellyanne Conway… Kate McKinnon
Walter White… Bryan Cranston
[Starts with The Lead with Jake Tapper intro]
[Cut to Jake Tapper in his set]
Jake Tapper: Welcome to The Lead. I’m Jake Tapper and you’re watching CNN. Be careful on the elyptical. President elect Donald Trump has– he has made some unconventional picks for his cabinet. here to help make sense of this if Trump’s senior advisor Kellyanne Conway.
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway]
Kellyanne Conway: Thank you, Jake. Happy to be here.
[Cut to Jake Tapper and Kellyanne Conway]
Jake Tapper: Kellyanne, Trump has nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA even though he is a fossil fuel advocate that doesn’t believe in climate change.
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway]
Kellyanne Conway: Well, yes. Actually, it’s got Pruitt as excited for the job and he is protect us all from the environment.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: Um, I’m not sure that’s how it works. This pick is not the only one that has people scratching their heads. There’s also the decision to name the CEO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s Andy Puzder as secretary of labor even though Puzder doesn’t support the minimum wage. Kenlyanne, it’s almost like Mr. Trump appoints these people specifically to undermine the very agencies they head. Are these bad picks?
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway]
Kellyanne Conway: They are not bad. They are alt-good.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: Wasn’t Donald Trump supposed to drain swamp?
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway]
Kellyanne Conway: Um-hmm, and actually, Mr. Trump is draining the swamp as he said he would, and the frogs and the toads the newts that are left who have mutations that allow them to survive are now his cabinet pets.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: Ah! Now, as you know Kellyanne, we have breaking news. President elect Trump has just made his choice for the federal DEA, the federal drug enforcement agency, and it’s a high school science teacher from New Mexico named Walter Wright.
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: Hello, Jake.
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway and Walter White]
Kellyanne Conway: Walter is amazing. He came highly recommended by Steve Bannon.
Walter White: Oh, yeah. Steve’s the best. We’ve had some times.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: Where did Mr. Bannon find you?
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: Under the comment section at Breitbart. And I’m really surprised he tracked me down because I’ve kind of been off the grid for a while.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: And you’re a high school science teacher?
Walter White: Yeah.
Jake Tapper: Do you know anything about drug enforcement?
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: [laughs] Oh, trust me. I know the DEA better than anyone, inside and out.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: Mr. White, how did you even get considered for this job? Do you know Donald Trump?
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: No. Nope. But I’m a big fan. I like his style. He acts first and then asks questions later. I also like that wall he wants to build. Nothing comes in from Mexico, meaning a lot less competition for the rest of us.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: You mean jobs?
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: [smirks] Sure.
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway]
Kellyanne Conway: Walter is actually a genius with chemicals and we’re so lucky to get him. The top companies in the countries had been knocking in his door for years, but he never answered.
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: Well, I am the one who knocks.
[Cut to Jake Tapper]
Jake Tapper: And Mr. White, do you foresee any problems with congress considering your limited experience?
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: Well, they might get hung up on the fact that I faked my own death. I’m only the third person in the Trump cabinet to do that.
[Cut to Kellyanne Conway]
Kellyanne Conway: Mr. White is actually such a great fit for this administration. He is first and foremost in support of small business.
[Cut to Walter White]
Walter White: Oh, absolutely. Donald Trump and I agreed. It’s time to make America cook again. We want to fill this nation with red, white and a whole lot of blue. And let me tell you one more thing, Jake, like from New York, it’s Saturday night!