There’s apparently one Republican representative who has his nose out of joint over a Saturday Night Live segment that mocked New York Representative Elise Stefanik. And he wants a “full-fledged apology.” SNL’s Saturday episode opened with a sketch that parodied Congress’s hearing on campus antisemitism.

On December 5, the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania met to discuss measures to deal with the rise in antisemitism at colleges amid the Israel-Hamas war, and their testimonies caused quite the uproar on social media, Newsweek reports.

The exchange between former University Pennsylvania President Liz Magill (The New York Times reports she resigned Saturday) and Stefanik is the one that’s gained the most traction among conservatives, especially North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy, and he and his colleagues are out for blood.

What’s causing their bile? They are upset that SNL ridiculed Stefanik but went light on the “progressive” college leaders.

The war between Hamas and Israel, which began after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7 and captured 240 hostages has resulted in massive numbers of casualties, and Al-Jazeera reports more than 17,000 Palestinians have been killed since the attack began. More than 48,000 have been wounded. Israel has also reported fatalities —1,147 people have died as of Sunday. And of course, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cut off supplies of food, medicine, fuel, and energy in Gaza. That will surely lead to more death and disease.

As you might expect, the conflict has led to a rise in anti-Palestinian and antisemitic attacks across the country. And even though Magill denounced antisemitism earlier during the hearing, Stefanik pounced on Magill, criticizing for appearing to avoid a question she had asked earlier. Stefanik had asked if students “calling for the genocide of Jews” breaks the university’s rules against harassment Magill called it a “context-dependent decision.”

“If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment, yes,” Magill told Stefanik.

The exchange went viral and led to Magill’s resignation on Saturday.

Stefanik was relentless in her questions and that’s likely what led to the SNL skit, cleverly played by Ego Nwodim as Harvard President Claudine Gay, Heidi Gardner as MIT’s Sally Kornbluth and Chloe Fineman as Magill. Chloe Troast portrayed Stefanik.

Sounds like the skit was pretty funny. I don’t get SNL in my country because Central America. That’s all anyone needs to know. Newsweek reports it went like this.

“I’ll turn it over to MAGA superstar Elise Stefanik from New York, who’s been pacing the hallways listening to Lose Yourself by Eminem,” quipped comedian Molly Kearney, who appeared as Rep. Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.”

“Thank you, chairwoman,” Troast answered. “I’m going to start screaming questions at these women. I’m Billy Eichner.”

“Yes or no, is calling for the genocide of Jews against the code of conduct for Harvard,” she asked Nwodim, who said: “Well, depends on the context.”

Troast then asked Fineman, yelling: “UPenn lady, same question, yes or no?”

“Well, we are serious about stopping all forms of hatred, antisemitism, Islamophobia…” but then Troast interrupted with “Not the second one,” meaning Islamophobia of course.

Then Troast turned her question to Gardner, saying: “Keep in mind, if you don’t say yes, you’re gonna make me look good, which is really, really hard to do.”

“Do you think genocide is bad?” she asked, and Gardner responded by asking if she could submit her answer in writing at a later date.

“Am I winning this hearing?” Troast asked, with a huge grin. “Somebody pinch me.”

Later in the sketch, Troast announced: “I’m here today because hate speech has no place on college campuses. Hate speech belongs in Congress, on Elon Musk’s Twitter, in private dinners with my donors, and in public speeches by my work husband, Donald Trump.”

Stefanik, as played by Troast kept trying to derail the college presidents’ attempts at discussing anti-racism initiatives. As they wrapped the scene, Troast told the crowd that she had a great time and described herself as the “Hanukkah gift  nobody wanted.”

But the sketch went down like acid reflux with conservatives online, including Murphy.

“Nothing short of full fledged apology from entire staff of SNL @nbcsnl is required,” he fumed on X. “Attacking @RepStefanik intead of the antisemitic Progressive Presidents rings of their own antisemitism. Typical liberal hypocrisy.”

Nothing short of full fledged apology from entire staff of SNL @nbcsnl is required. Attacking @RepStefanik instead of the antisemitic Progressive Presidents rings of their own antisemitism. Typical damn liberal hypocrisy.

— Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (@RepGregMurphy) December 11, 2023

But you know what’s really hypocritical? The fact that Murphy and his colleagues don’t care about the daily horror people in Gaza are facing. Stefanik has been yelling about antisemitism with pit bull-like ferocity and yet she also promotes the Great Replacement Theory. There’s your hypocrisy.

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— 🇺🇸A Wake in the Desert🇮🇱 (@Desert_yoSemite) December 11, 2023