Watch SNL's Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush awkwardly party with hipsters at Coachella

Watch SNL's Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush awkwardly party with hipsters at Coachella

The Republican Party would love to court more young voters, though they'd probably opt to do so in a more subtle way than this: "Young conservatives make some noise," a fictional Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) played by Taran Killam said on Saturday Night Live's cold open this weekend.

With the Coachella music festival underway, SNL imagined how some 2016 GOP hopefuls would sell themselves as "the new face of the Republican Party" to all those hip kids in attendance. The results were an uncomfortable bit of Obama bashing and outdated or inapt slang, complete with a nod to Second Amendment rights and literal bare arms.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.