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Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’
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Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” the show’s final episode before the election.

Harris appeared during the cold opening alongside Maya Rudolph, who regularly portrays Harris.

In the opening sketch, Rudolph, who played Harris, lamented, “I wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes,” before turning to a mirror, where the vice president himself appeared, dressed identically.

“I’m just here to remind you that you have this,” Harris said. “Because you can do something your opponent can’t: you can open doors.”

The line was an apparent joke for Trump who stumbled as he opened a garbage truck door during a campaign stop earlier this week, part of a stunt that followed comments from President Joe Biden.

“Take my palm-ala,” Rudolph instructed Harris later, giving her first name. “The American people want to stop the chaos.”

“And end the dram-ala,” Harris added as the two continued the riff.

“Because what do we always say?” Rudolf asked.

“Keep calm, ala, and carry on, ala,” they said in unison as the crowd cheered.

At one point, Rudolph laughed and Harris responded, “I don’t really laugh like that, do I?

“A little,” Rudolph replied.

Actor and comedian John Mulaney hosted, with Chappell Roan as musical guest.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., also made a surprise appearance during a skit in which game show contestants had to be able to name a famous person.

“Hi! I was Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate. You said at the time that it was the most important election in American history and that democracy was at stake. It was less than eight years ago. What’s my name?” Kaine said.

Mulaney was unable to identify him as one of the participants. He also couldn’t mention Kaine a second time, even though the senator had identified himself a few minutes earlier.

Harris’ cameo on the long-running variety series took her to New York, away from the battleground scenes she visited in the latter part of the campaign. On Saturday, Harris held a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, said “SNL” “crushed” her all season and that going on the show is “crazy.”

Asked by reporters if the show had invited Trump as a guest, he said: “Probably not. I don’t know.”

A spokesperson for “Saturday Night Live” did not return a request for comment on whether it invited Trump to appear.

Harris has expressed his admiration for Rudolph’s portrayal of her.

“Maya Rudolph — I mean, she’s so good,” Harris said of her impression on “The View” last month, also praising her “manners.” “She had the whole thing, the suit, the jewelry, everything!”

Presidential candidates from both major parties have appeared on “SNL” in recent years.

Trump hosted the show in November 2015, which led to a rally by hundreds of protesters who opposed his comments about undocumented immigrants. A month earlier, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a cameo on the show, posing as Trump.

Barack Obama also made a cameo in 2007 as he sought the Democratic presidential nomination. The following year, then-Gov. Sarah Palin emerged as the Republican vice presidential candidate just weeks before the election.

“SNL” and NBC News share a parent company, NBCUniversal.