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\"Come on!\" she yells at the traffic jam.

So guys...this just happened on 59th St in NYC. @melissamccarthy @NBCSN #Spicey pic.twitter.com/PtOpneSRGU

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 12, 2017

#SNL #SpicerDriveBY #OnlyInNYC #MelissaMcCarthy

An early preview for fans of this Saturday's skit pic.twitter.com/XbggD9Gguo

— Noel Ashford (@nashford77) May 12, 2017

Spicer himself commented on the satire earlier in the year, calling it \"cute.\"

In March, McCarthy explained that her resemblance to Spicer is because her father is a spitting image of the man.

\"I feel like my dad and Sean Spicer had a baby, and it's me. Which makes it even stranger,\" she told Ellen DeGeneres.

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