Former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond talks childhood trauma on the Hill [washingtonpost.com]
Darrell Hammond, who you’ll definitely recognize from his turns as Al Gore, Bill Clinton and President Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” was actually nervous to meet with lawmakers on the Hill earlier this week. It’s one thing to play a politician for laughs on TV and another to persuade one to back your cause. “I was a little awestruck,” said Hammond, who met with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to discuss...