Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Tuesday criticized "Saturday Night Live's" portrayal of his daughter, deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders — but said she could handle "a whole lot worse."

Huckabee called the skit this weekend "a little bit silly, sexist, misogynist," on Fox Business Network.

"But my daughter is certainly capable of handling a whole lot worse than that," he said.

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Huckabee said on Fox News that "we taught her, that she’s going to be judged by God, not by some not so funny comedy writers on ‘Saturday Night Live.’”

"My father is Mike Huckabee and my mother is a big Southern hamburger, and yes, obviously I am hilarious like my daddy," cast member Aidy Bryant said as Huckabee Sanders in the sketch.

During the skit, reporters in the mock White House press briefing room asked Huckabee Sanders to replace spokesman Sean Spicer, highlighting reports that President Trump is considering replacing his spokesman.

But the former Arkansas governor said his daughter is not interested in taking Spicer's place.

"She's not trying to replace Sean Spicer, she loves Sean, respects him, works wonderfully with him and has nothing but high regard for him," Huckabee said about his daughter. "So she’s happy to do what she’s doing and grateful to be in the White House and serving this president and serving her country."

In another jab at "SNL", he added, "I don't think somebody throwing a dart at her is going to detract her one bit."