SNL has a blockbuster in search of a hero: The Republican who stands up to Trump

“Saturday Night Live” just ran a nearly two-minute liberal’s dream sequence disguised as a movie trailer.

The trailer — which promises a Republican “patriot who will put country over party” — features a notable omission: a title character. The point is that no Republican has really stood up to President Trump. You get it.

I’ll confess that when the trailer began, I wondered if the big reveal would show the “Republican” to be Ben Sasse and then proceed to make fun of the still-little-known first-term senator from Nebraska. Or possibly…