Social media users criticized the comedy sketch show and Harris for copying Trump’s 2015 skit he did with Jimmy Fallon.
Social media users criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for copying Donald Trump, this time for a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch that seemed to fully echo one the former president did in 2015.
Harris, the Democratic nominee, made a surprise appearance during SNL’s cold open appearing as the reflection for actress Maya Rudolph, who has appeared as Harris in cold opens for the long-running comedy sketch show on-and-off for years.
The two-minute exchange included the pair rhyming words with Kamala and talking about her famous laugh and if she does “really laugh like that.”
The crowd erupted with applause and cheers after Harris appeared and after she shouted the famous “Live from New York” catchphrase, but some users on social media were quick to point out that the sketch fully mirrored one Trump did in 2015 during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Appearing opposite Jimmy Fallon doing his best Trump impression, the then-Republican candidate appeared as the talk show host’s reflection and proceeded to have a conversation with “himself” about his campaign, poking fun at the plans to make Mexico pay for a border wall and refusing to admit defeat.
When asked for comment on Sunday, Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung directed Newsweek to his message on X, formerly Twitter, in which he wrote, “In addition to stealing policy ideas, @KamalaHarris has now resorted to stealing comedy skits.
