Billy Porter, Woody Harrelson, and Lin-Manuel Miranda help SNL lampoon CNN's Equality Town Hall

Saturday Night Live lampooned CNN's Equality Town Hall during the show's cold open on Saturday evening, as cast members and a handful of special guests portrayed a few of the Democratic presidential candidates.

Pose's Billy Porter dropped by to introduce the candidates, beginning with Chris Redd's Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) who ran off the stage without answering a question about a controversial op-ed he wrote in 1992. Colin Jost then took on the role of South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who wasn't sure what do with his arms on stage. He was followed Kate McKinnon's Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who was spraying zingers at anti-LGBTQ people.

The final two candidates — former Housing Secretary Julián Castro and former Vice President Joe Biden — were portrayed by none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda and Woody Harrelson, respectively. Miranda's Castro apologized for not being gay himself, while Harrelson's Biden had everyone bracing themselves for an inappropriate story. Watch the full clip below. Tim O'Donnell

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