In the show’s final episode before election day, Vice President Harris became the latest White House hopeful to appear on the sketch comedy series.
At the tail end of an arduous, hotly contested presidential election campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris managed to have the last laugh. On “Saturday Night Live,” that is.
Appearing in the episode’s cold open as the mirror image of Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee reassured herself: “You can do something your opponent cannot do. You can open doors.”
The sketch, which focused on dueling rallies by Harris and former President Trump (James Austin Johnson), offered a comic compendium of recent events from the trail, with references to Trump’s appearance driving a garbage truck and President Biden’s tendency to go off script in front of reporters.
After conferring with Biden (Dana Carvey), running mate Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan) and husband Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) backstage, the vice president asked for a moment alone. “I wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes,” Rudolph’s character said, before turning to her reflection in the vanity.
