--- title: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Keeps Roasting Kids In Cut SNL Sketch description: "I don’t come into your first-grade classroom and knock the Elmer’s Glue out of your mouth, do I? " asked Cecily Strong as Sen. Feinstein. canonical: https://time.com/5542901/snl-feinstein-skit/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-04T16:01:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:48.783Z og:title: Cut SNL Sketch Showed Sen. Feinstein Letting Kids Have It og:description: Cecily Strong plays the senator fighting back against her constituents. og:url: https://time.com/5542901/snl-feinstein-skit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9789a31d2f1b11cd/6989462a97cdffb2d16b76f9/feinstein.jpeg?branch=production&width=969&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 969 og:image:height: 545 og:image:alt: Feinstein og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cut SNL Sketch Showed Sen. Feinstein Letting Kids Have It twitter:description: Cecily Strong plays the senator fighting back against her constituents. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9789a31d2f1b11cd/6989462a97cdffb2d16b76f9/feinstein.jpeg?branch=production&width=969&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cut _SNL_ Sketch Features 'Sen. Dianne Feinstein' Really Letting Tiny Kid Activists Have It > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. 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I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know what I’m doing,” Feinstein says. “You come in here and you say it has to be my way or the highway. I don’t respond to that. I’ve gotten elected. I just ran. I was elected by almost a million vote plurality. I know what I’m doing. So maybe people should listen a little bit.” The confrontation between Feinstein and the members of the group was [captured in a video](http://time.com/5535979/feinstein-green-new-deal/) and released by the environmental activist group, Sunrise Movement, who tweeted that the California senator treated the young people with “smugness” and “disrespect.” But the kids may have gotten off easy, if the _Saturday Night Live_ sketch was any indication of Feinstein’s potential to roast children. The sketch, which was cut for time from this weekend’s show, features Cecily Strong as the California lawmaker. She wastes no time in laying into the kids, parents, and teachers who want her to protect the environment through legislation. “Oh, I see what’s happening,” Strong’s Feinstein says in the clip. “You’re gonna tell me how to do my job. Okay, well. I don’t come into your first-grade classroom and knock the Elmer’s Glue out of your mouth, do I? So why don’t you stay in your lane and step the f–k off?” One kid looks stunned at the rebuke, and points out the obvious: “You’re mean.” “Well, your dad wishes you were bullied more,” Strong as Feinstein replied. “Toughen you up a little bit.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5542901/snl-feinstein-skit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5542901/snl-feinstein-skit/"},"headline":"Cut SNL Sketch Features 'Sen. 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