--- title: Rachel Dratch Plays Amy Klobuchar in SNL Skit w/ Matt Damon description: Senator Amy Klobuchar was happy with the impersonation that Rachel Dratch gave of her on Saturday Night Live this weekend. canonical: https://time.com/5411491/amy-klobuchar-on-snl/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-01T15:20:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:01:10.318Z og:title: This Senator Was Very Happy With Her SNL Impression og:description: "You played a good me" og:url: https://time.com/5411491/amy-klobuchar-on-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9cf1825ae39ef8c/69893b8d22fb8526f8e26c9e/rachel-dratch-plays-senator-amy-klobuchar-on-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5096 og:image:height: 2867 og:image:alt: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Vote On Brett Kavanaugh Nomination og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Senator Was Very Happy With Her SNL Impression twitter:description: "You played a good me" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9cf1825ae39ef8c/69893b8d22fb8526f8e26c9e/rachel-dratch-plays-senator-amy-klobuchar-on-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Senator Was More Than Pleased With Her _Saturday Night Live_ Impression > Sponsored content. 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Amy Klobuchar after flipping a question of whether or not he had blacked out after drinking during his testimony on alleged sexual misconduct Thursday._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 1, 2018 3:20 PM UTC Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh quickly apologized to Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar after flipping a question of whether or not he had blacked out after drinking during his testimony on alleged sexual misconduct Thursday.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 1, 2018 3:20 PM UTC Minnesota [Sen. Amy Klobuchar](http://time.com/5409176/kavanaugh-apologizes-senator-klobuchar-black-out-drunk/) was more than pleased with her portrayal during the [_Saturday Night Live_ season premiere](http://time.com/5411117/trump-kanye-west-saturday-night-live/) on Sunday. In the [cold open skit](http://time.com/5411043/matt-damon-mocks-brett-kavanaugh-snl/) that kicked off the episode, the _SNL_ cast recreated Supreme Court nominee [Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee](http://time.com/5409246/christine-ford-brett-kavanaugh-politics/) during his confirmation hearings, along with some help from special guest stars. In the skit, Kavanaugh, played by a sniffling Matt Damon, is questioned about whether or not he got “blackout” drunk by Senator Klobuchar, who was portrayed by a very passionate Rachel Dratch, a beloved _SNL_ alum. Dratch’s spot-on impersonation of the senator during the testimony was so good that she garnered high praise from Klobuchar herself, who took to her Twitter to commend Dratch’s performance. “You played a good me,” Klobuchar wrote. “You were so good that you even got my daughter to text me on a Saturday night (a first).” > [](https://twitter.com/amyklobuchar/status/1046260227128139776) Dratch was quick to respond with a tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealDratch/status/1046310218945187840) ## Transcript [00:00] Drinking is one thing, but the concern is about [00:03] truthfulness, and in your written testimony, you said [00:06] sometimes you had too many drinks. Was there ever a [00:09] time when you drank so much that you couldn't [00:11] remember what happened or part of what happened [00:14] the night before? No. I remembered what happened, [00:18] and. I think you've probably had beers, Senator. So [00:24] you're saying there's never been a case where you [00:27] drank so much that you didn't remember what [00:29] happened the night before or part of what happened? [00:31] You're asking about a blackout. I don't know. Have [00:34] you? Could you answer the question, [00:39] Judge? So, that's not happened? Is that your answer? [00:43] Yeah, and I'm curious if you have. I have no drinking [00:47] problem. I started my last colliquy by saying to Sentor [00:50] Klobuchar how much I respect her and respected what [00:53] she did at the last hearing, and she asked me a [00:55] question at the end that I responded by asking her a [00:57] question and I didn't > sorry I did that this is a tough [01:00] process. I'm sorry about that. I appreciate that. I would [01:03] like to add when you have a parent that's a alcoholic [01:07] your pretty careful about drinking. The second thing is [01:10] I was truely just trying to get to the bottom of the facts [01:14] and the evidence and I again believe we do that by [01:17] opening up the F B I investigation and I would call it a [01:20] background check instead of investigation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5411491/amy-klobuchar-on-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5411491/amy-klobuchar-on-snl/"},"headline":"This Senator Was More Than Pleased With Her Saturday Night Live Impression","datePublished":"2018-10-01T15:20:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T08:01:10.318Z","description":"\"You played a good me\"","url":"https://time.com/5411491/amy-klobuchar-on-snl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9cf1825ae39ef8c/69893b8d22fb8526f8e26c9e/rachel-dratch-plays-senator-amy-klobuchar-on-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9cf1825ae39ef8c/69893b8d22fb8526f8e26c9e/rachel-dratch-plays-senator-amy-klobuchar-on-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Vote On Brett Kavanaugh Nomination","caption":"Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Vote On Brett Kavanaugh Nomination","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5411491/amy-klobuchar-on-snl/","name":"This Senator Was More Than Pleased With Her Saturday Night Live Impression"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kavanaugh Apologizes to Sen. 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