NBC has been accused of plotting against Donald Trump by giving Kamala Harris airtime on the eve of next week’s presidential election.
Brendan Carr, the top Republican commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, blasted the vice president’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a “clear and blatant attempt” to circumvent the equal-time rule.
“The purpose of the rule is to prevent exactly this type of biased and partisan behavior – a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence on one candidate on the eve of an election,” Carr wrote on Twitter/X.
‘Unless the broadcaster offers Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.’
Carr said the FCC’s “equal time” rule means candidates must receive the same airtime, claiming NBC “structured this appearance in a way that circumvents these requirements.”
NBC has been accused of plotting against Donald Trump by giving Kamala Harris airtime on Saturday Night Live on the eve of next week’s presidential election
Brendan Carr, the top Republican commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, blasted the vice president’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a “clear and blatant attempt” to circumvent the equal-time rule.
Carr (pictured) said the FCC’s “equal time” rule means candidates should receive equal airtime, claiming NBC “structured this appearance in a way that circumvents these requirements.”
Harris, 60, came face to face with her impersonator Maya Rudolph, 52, in a surprise cameo on the sketch show this weekend – three days before the presidential election.
The vice president took a break from one of the biggest campaigns in history to appear in the cold for just over two minutes as a mirror version of Rudolph.
Rudolph showed up in her robe and was preparing to give a speech with husband Doug Emhoff when she wondered aloud if someone who has “been in her shoes” could give her a pep talk.
A laughing Harris then appears as Rudolph’s reflection on the other side of the table and tells her the actress, “You and I both sister.”
The scene then quickly turned into a parody of adding “ala” to sentences referencing the Democratic nominee’s nickname “Momala.”
Harris’ pit stop in New York City came on a day when she saw a shift in momentum in her favor and a shock poll showed her leading in Republican-hit Iowa.
“I’m just here to remind you that you have this. Because you can do something that your opponent cannot. You can open doors,” Harris tells Rudolph.
A giggling Rudolph asks if she is referring to a video of Trump opening a garbage truck door before his rally in Wisconsin last week.
Kamala Harris wowed with her smile 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 looked through a dressing room mirror at Maya Rudolph, who plays her in the skit
A laughing Harris then appears as Rudolph’s reflection on the other side of the table and tells her the actress, “You and I 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 Hillary Clinton being roasted just before the 2016 election.
“Kamala, reach out and grab my palmala,” Rudolph tells Harris.
She adds, “Kamala, the American people want to stop the chaos.”
“And end the drama,” the vice president replies as the audience laughs,
“The American people want to stop the chaos and end the drama-la, with a cool new stepmom-ala, get back in our pajamas-alas 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 sketch from the iconic sketch show
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The Trump campaign immediately responded to her debut on the show by claiming she was using a different “fake accent.”
“Kamala tries and fails again to seem remotely funny, relatable, or entertaining,” the MAGA War Room Twitter account said.
“Her cameo was uninspiring, as was her candidacy.”
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