Watch: SNL Hits Every Obama Scandal While Ridiculing Ebola Response

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The cast of “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Obama’s response to the Ebola cases diagnosed in the U.S. during Saturday’s cold open.

At the beginning of the skit, Obama explains that the Ebola response wasn’t that bad, relatively speaking.

“Some people want to criticize the way our administration has handled this crisis, and it’s true we made a few mistakes early on. But I assure you, that was nowhere near as bad as how we handled the ISIS situation, our varied Secret Service mishaps, or the scandals of the IRS and the NSA,” he said. “And I don’t know if you guys remember, but the Obamacare website had some pretty serious problems too.”

He said that considering the rest of the second term, “this whole Ebola thing is probably one of my greatest accomplishments.”

Obama then introduces Ebola Czar Ron Klain who takes questions on his lack of medical background and travel bans.

Watch the clip via Hulu:

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