NBC has been accused of a plot against Donald Trump by giving Kamala Harris airtime on the eve of the presidential election next week.
Brendan Carr, the senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, blasted the Vice President’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a ‘clear and blatant effort’ to evade the equal time rule.
‘The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct – a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election,’ Carr wrote on Twitter/X.
‘Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.’
Carr said the FCC’s ‘equal time’ rule means candidates must get the same air time, alleging that NBC ‘structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements’.
NBC has been accused of a plot against Donald Trump by giving Kamala Harris airtime via Saturday Night Live on the eve of the presidential election next week
Brendan Carr, the senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, blasted the Vice President’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a ‘clear and blatant effort’ to evade the equal time rule
Carr (pictured) said the FCC’s ‘equal time’ rule means candidates must get the same air time, alleging that NBC ‘structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements’
Harris, 60, came face-to-face with her impersonator Maya Rudolph, 52, in a surprise cameo on the sketch show over the weekend – three days before the presidential election.
The vice president took a break from one of the closest campaigns in history to appear for just over two minutes in the cold open as a mirrored version of Rudolph.
Rudolph appeared in her dressing gown preparing for a speech with husband Doug Emhoff when she wondered aloud if someone who has ‘been in her shoes’ can give her a pep talk.
A laughing Harris then appears as Rudolph’s reflection on the other side of the table and says to her the actress: ‘You and me both sister’.
The scene then quickly turned into a parody of adding ‘ala’ to phrases in reference to the Democratic nominee’s ‘Momala’ nickname’.
Harris’ pitstop in New York City came on a day when she saw a shift in momentum in her favor and a shock poll showing her leading in the Republican-heavy Iowa.
‘I’m just here to remind you, you’ve got this. Because you can do something your opponent cannot do. You can open doors,’ Harris tells Rudolph.
A giggling Rudolph asks if she’s referring to video of Trump opening a garbage truck door before his rally in Wisconsin last week.
Kamala Harris was skewered for her laugh in a surprise cameo on Saturday Night Live where she came face-to-face with herself three days before the presidential election
The vice president was looking through a dressing room mirror at Maya Rudolph, who is playing her in the sketch
A laughing Harris then appears as Rudolph’s reflection on the other side of the table and says to her the actress: ‘You and me both sister’
The Democratic nominee was then mocked for her cackle when she asked: ‘I really don’t laugh like that, do I?’
Rudolph tilted her head and nodded in response in a scene similar to when Hillary Clinton was roasted just before the 2016 election.
‘Kamala, reach out and take my palmala’, Rudolph says to Harris.
She adds: ‘Kamala, the American people want to stop the chaos.’
‘And end the drama,’ the vice president responds with the audience laughing,
‘The American people want to stop the chaos, and end the drama-la, with a cool new step mom-ala, get back in our pajama-laas and watch a rom-com-ala, like Legally Blonde-ala, and start decorating for Christmas, fa-la-la-lala.
‘Because what do we always say? Keep calm-ala and carry-on-ala.’
Rudolph and Harris hug at the end of the skit on the iconic sketch show
The Trump campaign immediately responded to her debut on the show, by claiming she used another ‘fake accent’.
‘Kamala trying and failing yet again at appearing remotely funny, relatable, or entertaining in the slightest,’ the MAGA War Room Twitter account posted.
‘Her cameo was uninspiring – much like her candidacy.’
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