Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live as part of a final media push before Tuesday’s presidential election.
Harris came face-to-face with her impersonator Maya Rudolph in the show’s cold open on a CNN news set.
The cold open included an impression of former President Trump dressed in the orange garbage man vest that he wore this past week at a campaign event.
The open cuts to Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, and Jim Gaffigan as Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff and Tim Walz respectively.
Dana Carvey also made an appearance as President Joe Biden.
Rudolph’s Harris clears the room saying she “needs a moment to herself.”
“I wish I could talk to someone in my shoes,” Rudolph said to herself in the empty room.
Then the real Kamala Harris appears in the dressing room mirror.
“You and me both sister!,” Kamala Harris said grinning ear to ear after thirty seconds of applause from the live audience.
The real Harris went on to say,“I’m here to remind you, you’ve got this, because you can do something your opponent can’t do, you can open doors.”
When Rudolph let out a loud Kamala cackle the candidate said, “I don’t really laugh like that do I?”
The pair had fun with the veeps name. Harris said she would end the “dramala” of politics with her election and the two said in unison, “Keep Kamala and Carry Onala.”
“I’m gonna vote for us,” Rudolph says.
“Any chance you’re registered in Pennsylvania?,” Harris quipped.
The veep also joined in on the quintessential “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
Vice President Harris had a busy schedule Saturday.
Harris was in Atlanta, GA, and Charlotte, NC, earlier in the day —- squeezing in some last minute campaigning in the Peach State in the final 60 hours before the election.
SNL has a history of inviting presidents and presidential candidates.
Former Vice President Al Gore, late Senator John McCain, and Donald Trump each hosted episodes of the historic show. Trump hosted the show in 2004 and in 2015 in the lead up to the presidential election.
Former presidents Gerald Ford and Barack Obama both appeared on the show during their terms in office. Obama in 2018 and Ford appearing in an episode of 50-year-old show’s second season in 1976.
The late President George H.W. Bush appeared on the show in 1994, following his term in office.
Hillary Clinton also appeared on an episode in 2015 in the month leading up to the election.
