US Vice President Kamala Harris made an unannounced trip to New York to appear on Saturday night livebriefly moving away from the battleground states where he has been campaigning with just three days left until the presidential election.
Harris departed on Air Force Two after a campaign stop Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He was scheduled to head to Detroit, but once the plane was in the air, his aides said he was actually headed to New York.
it’s the final SNL episode ahead of Tuesday’s Election Day.
Actress Maya Rudolph first played Harris on the show in 2019 and reprized her role this season, doing a perfect impression of the vice president, even calling herself “Momala.”
Rudolph opened the show’s season premiere with the line, “Well, well, well. Look who fell off that.” coconut tree.” And he has joked about keeping President Joe Biden in his place.
Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, has been played by former cast member Andy Samberg, and Biden is played by Dana Carvey, who also played then-President George HW Bush in the early 1990s.
On Saturday, the first lines Harris spoke while sitting across from Rudolph were drowned out by the audience’s applause.
“It’s nice to see you, Kamala,” Harris told Rudolph. “And I’m just here to remind you that you have this.”
In sync, the two said their supporters should “keep Kamala and move forward,” declared they share a “mutual belief in the promise of America,” and uttered the show’s signature: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday.” at night! ”
Rudolph’s performance so far has garnered critical and comedy praise, including from Harris herself.
“Maya Rudolph… I mean, she’s so good,” Harris said last month on the ABC show. The view. “She had everything, the suit, the jewelry, everything!”
Harris added that she was impressed with Rudolph’s “mannerisms.”
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Meanwhile, former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump continues to hold rallies in many swing states to discuss his stance on immigration and recently told a crowd that the United States is now an “occupied” country, but that on Election Day It would be a “day of liberation” if he is elected president.
Jason Miller, Trump’s senior adviser, expressed surprise that Harris appeared on SNL given what he characterized as her unflattering portrayal on the show. Asked if Trump had been invited to appear, he said: “I don’t know. “Probably not.”
However, politicians have a long history on SNL, including Trump, who hosted the show in 2015, although appearing so close to Election Day is unusual.
Hillary Clinton was running for president in the 2008 Democratic primary when she appeared alongside Amy Poehler, who played her on the show and offered a trademark, exaggerated laugh. The real Clinton asked herself during her appearance: “Do I really laugh like that?”
Harris said the exact same line Saturday night in response to Rudolph’s rendition of his laugh.
Clinton returned in 2016, while running against Trump in a race she ultimately lost.
The first sitting president to appear in Saturday night live it was Republican Gerald Ford, who did it less than a year after the show’s debut. Ford appeared on April 17, 1976, and declared the show’s famous opening, “Live from New York.”
Barack Obama was still only a Democratic presidential candidate when he emerged in February 2008, and Republican Bob Dole made his appearance in 1996, just 11 days after losing that year’s election to Democrat Bill Clinton. Dole comforted Norm Macdonald, who played the Kansas senator on the show.
Then there was Tina Fey’s 2008 impression of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and in particular her joke that “I can see Russia from my house.” It was so good that Fey won an Emmy Award. Palin herself appeared on the show that season, in the weeks leading up to the election.
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