Alec Baldwin's downtrodden Trump plays piano as Jim Carrey's Biden, Maya Rudolph's Harris gloat in SNL cold open

Alec Baldwin.
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The latest Saturday Night Live cold open focused on President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Trump, which was called by media outlets earlier in the day Saturday.

Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph returned as Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, respectively. The pair tried to act graciously during their acceptance speech, but eventually wound up gloating and calling Trump a "loser."

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