Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on SNL as U.S. election looms
CBC
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris made an unannounced trip to New York to appear on Saturday Night Live, briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she's been campaigning with just three days to go before the presidential election.
Harris departed on Air Force Two after a campaign stop on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C.
She was scheduled to head to Detroit, but once the aircraft was in the air, aides said it was actually going to New York.
It is the final SNL episode before election day on Tuesday.
Actor Maya Rudolph first played Harris on the show in 2019 and has reprised her role this season, doing a spot-on impression of the vice-president, including 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's joked about keeping President Joe Biden in his place.
Harris's husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, has been played by former cast member Andy Samberg, and Biden is played by Dana Carvey, who also famously played then-president George H.W. 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 is nice to see you Kamala," Harris told Rudolph. "And I'm just here to remind you, you got this."
In sync, the two said supporters need to "Keep Kamala and carry-on-ala," declared that they share each other's "belief in the promise of America," and delivered the show's signature "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"
Rudolph's performance so far has won critical and comedic acclaim — including from Harris herself.
"Maya Rudolph — I mean, she's so good," Harris said last month on ABC's The View. "She had the whole thing, the suit, the jewelry, everything!"
Harris added she was impressed with Rudolph's "mannerisms."
Meanwhile, former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump continues to hold rallies across many swing states to speak about his stance on immigration, recently telling a crowd that the United States is now an "occupied" country but election day would be "liberation day" if he is voted in as president.
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