Harris makes surprise appearance on "Saturday Night Live"

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Vice President Kamala Harris made a astonishment quality connected "Saturday Night Live" successful nan last days earlier the election, playing herself arsenic nan mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph's type of her.

The first lines nan campaigner said arsenic she sat crossed from Rudolph was drowned retired by cheers from nan audience.

"It is bully to spot you Kamala," Harris told Rudolph. "And I'm conscionable present to punctual you, you sewage this."

In sync, nan 2 said supporters request to "Keep Kamala and carry-on-ala," declared that they stock each other's "belief successful nan committedness of America," and delivered nan signature "Live from New York it's Saturday night!"

During their astir two-minute exchange, Harris besides referenced her opponent, erstwhile President Donald Trump, for a stunt Wednesday connected an airdrome tarmac successful Green Bay, Wisconsin, during which Trump concisely struggled to unfastened nan doorway of a garbage motortruck earlier climbing into it.

The stunt was in consequence to remarks made by President Biden connected Tuesday successful which he appeared to telephone Trump supporters "garbage" connected a video telephone pinch Latino activists.

"It is bully to spot you, Kamala, and I'm conscionable present to punctual you, you've sewage this, because you tin do thing your force cannot do," Harris told Rudolph. "You tin unfastened doors."

"I tin spot what you did there," Rudolph responded. "Like to a garbage truck, right?"

Harris made nan astonishment travel to New York City pinch nan predetermination looming, concisely stepping distant from nan battleground states wherever she's been furiously campaigning successful favour of nan iconic sketch drama show, wherever she was hoping to make buzz and entreaty to a nationwide audience.

Harris arrived successful New York connected Air Force Two aft an early evening run extremity Saturday connected successful Charlotte, North Carolina. She was scheduled to caput to Detroit, but erstwhile successful nan air, aides said she'd beryllium making an unscheduled extremity and nan level landed astatine LaGuardia Airport.

Harris arrived astatine 30 Rockefeller Plaza successful Manhattan, wherever SNL tapes, soon aft 8 p.m., capable clip for a speedy rehearsal earlier nan show airs unrecorded astatine 11:30 p.m. It is nan last SNL section earlier Election Day connected Tuesday.

The sojourn wasn't antecedently announced and an charismatic acquainted pinch Harris' readying only officially confirmed it for reporters walking pinch nan vice president moments earlier nan unrecorded airing began.

Rudolph first played Harris connected nan show successful 2019 and has reprised her domiciled this season, doing a spot-on belief of nan vice president, including calling herself "Momala" — a reference to nan affectionate nickname her stepchildren gave her.

Rudolph opened nan show's play premiere pinch nan line: "Well, well, well. Look who fell retired of that coconut tree." And she's joked astir keeping President Biden successful his place.

Harris' husband, 2nd man Doug Emhoff, was played again by erstwhile formed personnel Andy Samberg and Dana Carvey appeared arsenic President Biden.

Rudolph's capacity has won captious and comedic acclaim — including from Harris herself.

"Maya Rudolph — I mean, she's truthful good," Harris said past period connected ABC's "The View." "She had nan full thing, nan suit, nan jewelry, everything!"

Harris added that she was impressed pinch Rudolph's "mannerisms."

Jason Miller, a elder advisor to Trump, expressed astonishment that Harris would look connected SNL fixed what he characterized arsenic her unflattering portrayal connected nan show. Asked if Trump had been invited to appear, he said: "I don't know. Probably not."

Politicians nevertheless person a agelong history connected SNL, including Trump, who hosted nan show successful 2015 — though appearing truthful adjacent to Election Day is unusual.

Hillary Clinton was moving successful nan 2008 Democratic statesmanlike superior erstwhile she appeared adjacent to Amy Poehler, who played her connected nan show and was known for launching into a trademark, exaggerated cackle. The existent Clinton wondered during her appearance, "Do I really laughter for illustration that?"

Harris repeated that statement successful consequence to Rudolph's portrayal of her laughter successful Saturday's episode.

Clinton returned successful 2016, while moving against Trump successful a title she yet lost.

The first sitting president to look connected SNL was Republican Gerald Ford, who did truthful little than a twelvemonth aft nan show debuted. Ford appeared successful April 1976 connected an section hosted by his property secretary, Ron Nessen, and declared nan show's celebrated opening rejoinder, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night."

Then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama appeared alongside Poehler impersonating Clinton successful 2007, and Republican Bob Dole was connected nan show successful November 1996 -- a specified 11 days aft losing that year's predetermination to Bill Clinton. Dole consoled Norm Macdonald, who played nan Kansas senator.

Then location was Tina Fey's 2008 belief of vice statesmanlike campaigner Sarah Palin — and successful peculiar her joke that "I tin spot Russia from my house." It was truthful bully that Fey yet won an Emmy and Palin herself appeared connected nan show that October, successful nan weeks earlier nan election.