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US Vice President Kamala Harris made an unannounced trip to New York to make an appearance there Saturday evening livetaking a break from the battlegrounds where she campaigned, with just three days to go before the presidential elections.
Harris left on Air Force Two after a campaign stop on Saturday in Charlotte, NC
She was supposed to fly to Detroit, but once the plane was in the air, aides said it was actually headed to New York.
It's the final SNL episode before Election Day on Tuesday.
Actor Maya Rudolph first played Harris on the show in 2019 and has reprized her role this season, doing a spot-on impression of the vice president and calling herself “Momala.”
Rudolph opened the show's season premiere with the line, “Well, well, well. Look who fell out of that coconut tree.” And she jokes about keeping President Joe Biden in place.
Harris' husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is played by former cast member Andy Samberg, and Biden is played by Dana Carvey, who also famously played then-President George HW Bush in the early 1990s.
On Saturday, the first lines Harris spoke as she sat across from Rudolph were drowned out by cheers from the audience.
“It's nice to see you Kamala,” Harris said to Rudolph. “And I'm just here to remind you that you have this.”
Simultaneously, the two supporters declared that they should “Keep Kamala and carry-on-ala”, that they share each other's “faith in the promise of America”, and performed the show's signature performance “Live from New York, it's Saturday night!
Rudolph's performance thus far has received critical and comedic praise, including from Harris himself.
“Maya Rudolph – I mean, she's so good,” Harris said on ABC's last month The view. “She had the whole thing, the suit, the jewelry, everything!”
Harris added that she was impressed by Rudolph's “manners.”
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Both potential presidents pose challenges for Canada, from trade and immigration to Canada's position in the U.S.-led NATO military alliance. CBC's Lyndsay Duncombe lays out what Canadians could expect under a Trump presidency and a Harris presidency.
Meanwhile, former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump continues to hold rallies in many swing states to speak about his stance on immigration, recently telling a crowd that the United States is now an “occupied” country but that Election Day would be “liberation day.” if he is elected president.
Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, expressed surprise that Harris would appear on SNL, given what he characterized as her unflattering portrayal on the show. Asked whether Trump had been invited to appear, he said: “I don't know. Probably not.”
Politicians nevertheless have a long history with SNL, including Trump, who hosted the show in 2015 — though it's unusual to appear so close to Election Day.
Hillary Clinton was running for president during the 2008 Democratic primaries when she appeared alongside Amy Poehler, who played her on the show and delivered a signature, exaggerated cackle. The real Clinton asked herself during her performance: “Am I really smiling like that?”
Harris said almost the exact same line Saturday night in response to Rudolph's display of her laugh.
Clinton returned in 2016, running against Trump in a race she ultimately lost.
The first sitting president to appear Saturday evening live was Republican Gerald Ford, who did this less than a year after the show's debut. Ford appeared on April 17, 1976 and belted out 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 emerged in 1996 – just eleven days after losing that year's election to Democrat Bill Clinton. Dole consoled 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 himself appeared on the show that season, in the weeks before the election.
Can the content creators you see on TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms change the way you vote? We spoke to content creators and experts in the US to find out.
