SNL's 'Weekend Update' interrupts its vacation to mock the Republican National Convention

With Saturday Night Live on break during the summer, the cast has to hold off on poking fun at Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the rest of the stars of Election 2016 until the fall — with two exceptions.

Michael Che and Colin Jost traveled to Cleveland for a special Republican National Convention edition of "Weekend Update," featuring jokes at the expense of politicians on both sides and the no-list celebrities in attendance, the hot new game Trumpémon Go, and a cameo appearance by Kate McKinnon's burn-spewing Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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