'SNL' Imagines Kamala Harris White-Knuckling It Through Chummy VP Debate
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Maya Rudolph's version of the VP tried to keep her cool while watching her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, gaffe his way through the evening against Sen. JD Vance.
This weekend “Saturday Night Live” roasted both sides of the political aisle for the bizarre bromance that played out at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.
During the cold open, Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris found herself flummoxed as she watched the action from her living room with husband Doug Emhoff, played by Andy Samberg.
Harris tried to keep her cool as her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, played by Jim Gaffigan, nervously fielded questions from CBS moderators, Norah O’Donnell, played by Heidi Gardner, and Margaret Brennan, played by Chloe Fineman.
As Walz got off to a shaky start after being asked about conflict in the Middle East, she sipped her wine and said, “I kind of wish I had picked Josh right now.”
“Oh, Josh Shapiro?” Samberg’s Emhoff wondered, referring to the Pennsylvania governor who was on Harris’ short list for VP.