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Weekly Address- The First Lady Marks Mother's Day and Speaks Out on the Tragic Kidnapping in Nigeria_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2014 2:26 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2014 2:26 PM UTC To kick off Saturday night’s episode of _Saturday Night Live_, Michelle Obama (played by Sasheer Zamata) and Hillary Clinton (played by Vanessa Bayer) came together to deliver a Mother’s Day message. “You know, both of us have been called so many things,” Clinton says. “It’s nice to have one day where the first thing that we’re called is mom.” The women seem to be in good spirits, but soon their address devolves into a sort of tense proxy war of quietly calculated insults. “What Barack and I are really proud of are giving the gift of health care to 8 million Americans,” Obama says. “You know, which is funny, because I tried to give them that gift 16 years ago, so it’s more like a regift,” Clinton responds, prompting Obama to shoot back, “But we actually delivered it.” They continue their address by acknowledging the challenges of being a working mother. 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