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The real Kamala Harris gives herself a pep talk
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The real Kamala Harris gives herself a pep talk

Vice-President Kamala Harris made a surprise trip to Saturday Night Live just three days before the presidential election, appearing in his mirror Maya Rudolphwho resumed his role as vice president, this time giving himself a pep talk.

Saturday scored fifth consecutive week to Rudolph showing Harris during the show’s cold openings. On this occasion, she and husband Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) was first heard at a Trump rally where the Republican candidate (James Austin Johnson) was exhausted and just saying whatever came to mind.

“Where the hell am I? This place stinks!” he rambled on. “I don’t want to be here with you. Come on. I ran out of gas. I’ve got smoke in here, folks. You can see it, right? You can see the cracks. I’m exhausted. I’m babbling. i do crazy things with the microphone.”

Rudolph stopped that scene, then saw running mate Tim Walz one by one (Jim Gaffigan), President Joe Biden (Dana Carvey), and the second gentleman. Then she sat down, alone.

“I just wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes, you know? A black, South Asian woman running for president, preferably from the Bay Area,” she said, turning to the mirror — and to Harris herself.

Loud cheers and applause made it hard to hear Harris’ reply, “You and me both, sister!”

“I’m just here to remind you: You got it. Because you can do something your opponent can’t. You can open doors,” Harris said, asking for Trump having a hard time Wednesday opening the door of a garbage truck for a photo op.

After joining hands, the two took turns reciting part of a pledge to “end the drama,” then stood up to face the audience.

“Let me tell you something,” said Rudolph. “I’ll vote for us.”

When Harris asked if it happened to be registered in Pennsylvania, Rudolph said, “Unfortunately, no.”

“Well,” replied Harris, “it was worth a shot.”

Harris covered a lot of ground on Saturday. It started in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she cried out Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson for saying his party would “probably” defund CHIPS and the Science Act if given the wherewithal to do so after the election. Harris was similarly critical his recent admission that the Affordable Care Act would also be on the chopping block.

Rallies in Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina followed. Harris was flying to Michigan ahead of a scheduled campaign day Sunday when Air Force Two changed course to New York.

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While major political party candidates such as Trump, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama emerged SNLno one did it as close to election day as Harris.

And for Harris’ former ratings-obsessed TV star opponent to see her thrust into the homes of millions while appearing on a show filmed a short walk from Trump Tower, past behavior suggests that Trump is bound to react negatively. After all, as president, actually probed what the Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department could do to stop the sketch show from satirizing him.