'Saturday Night Live' host Amy Schumer and cast member Cecily Strong used the platform of the sketch comedy show to urge voters to protect abortion rights.
forcefully pushed abortion rights as a key voting issue and urged Americans to choose Democrats on the ballot in the NBC comedy show's final episode before the midterm elections.
The opening words from Schumer, who is cousins with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., came after she aired a faux tourism advertisement for Colorado on her show"Inside Amy Schumer," which not so cryptically urged people to come and visit the state should they need access to an abortion.Amy Schumer attends Amy Schumer & Leesa Evans Host Le Cloud Launch Event With Saks OFF 5TH on December 12, 2018 in New York City.
After co-anchor Colin Jost prodded Tammy, asking if maybe perhaps she did want to talk about abortion, Strong broke character and began directly talking to the audience.
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