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Maya Rudolph played Kamala Harris as Saturday Night Live viewers believe the show is ‘destroying’ the candidate with their sketches
Social
media has gone into a meltdown following last night’s Saturday
Night Live skits about Kamala
Harris – with many viewers saying the
mockery is bad news for the Democratic candidate.
Famously
played by Maya
Rudolph, Harris’ character has been
hurdled into the spotlight on the late-night show as the
November election approaches – and fans
have had a lot to say about her portrayal.
On
last night’s episode, SNL
poked fun at Harris on a
Family Feud-style skit – making fun of her trademark
mannerisms, such
as her signature ‘word salad.’
Robby
Starbuck wrote on X: ‘When SNL is doing skits like
this, you know that they think Kamala’s cooked. Mood
shifted.
‘I
see zero on the ground excitement for her. The
whole administration is a joke to normal people. A sick,
sad, long joke that we’re ready to be done with!’
‘You know it’s over when the Democrats have
lost SNL. They just destroyed Kamala Harris,’ an X
post from columnist Dustin Grage reads.
Another
person responded to the clip: ‘Wow. They can’t deny the
obvious. Glad they are making fun of how stupid these
people sound.’
And
a fourth viewer said: ‘This is one of the most hilarious
and truthful skits I have ever seen? Is SNL throwing
Biden and Kamala under the bus ? Make comedy great
again!’
While
another comedy lover wrote: ‘SNL went after Kamala
Harris again. The Left will not like this at all.’
Columnist
Dustin Grage said SNL ‘destroyed’ Harris in a Family
Feud-themed act
One
social media user said about the show: ‘Even SNL
couldn’t resist taking a swing at Kamala Harris—now
you know things are bad!’
Saturday
night’s ‘Cold Open’ was set up as a Family Feud episode
featuring the key players of both political parties.
Harris
went head-to-head with Donald Trump,
played by James Austin Johnson, in a clip that grabbed
the attention of millions of viewers.
When
Steve Harvey, depicted by Kenan Thompson, asked the
players to name something they keep in their glove
compartment, Harris hit the red buzzer.
The
Harris character started her speech with the vice
president’s token phrase of late: ‘I raised in a middle
class family.’ The SNL crowd erupted in laughter.
She
went on a long-winded answer about her childhood, but
ultimately landed on ‘a Glock,‘ alluding to a 60
Minutes interview where the candidate said she
owns a gun and ‘if someone breaks in my house,
they’re getting shot.’
Tim
Waltz, played by Jim Gaffigan, answered
the same prompt with some ‘white nonsense,’ as Kenan’s
Harvey humorously described the response of ‘hot hands,
napkins from Runza and gotta have Tums, in case I
eat something spicy like tomato.’
Dana
Carvey played a confused Biden, who rambled on in
noncoherent sentences.
‘Well,
well, well. It says volumes SNL are doing real life
skits on Kamala & Biden. But where have they been
for 4 years,’ someone wrote on X.
Even
though some social media users thought this sketch was
an attack on Harris, Trump’s character was also mocked
in the parody.
At
one point Harris proved that the Republican candidate
can be manipulated ‘simply through flattery.’ She then
gave him a compliment, to which Trump responded, ‘She’s
got my vote.’
An
act from last week depicting Harris watching the vice
presidential debate hinted at Harris’ drinking habits,
some viewers said
‘It’s
funnier now that they make fun of the other side too
lol’, an X user said about SNL, which has been
criticized for being liberal-leaning.
Another
said: ‘I thought Saturday Night Live was liberal. Didn’t
they used to bash Trump all the time?’
In
another satirical bit that viewers believed flamed
Harris, Rudolph’s character danced at a podium, before
introducing Joe Biden with a Jamaican accent – which she
has been criticized for jumping in and out of
recently.
‘If
we win together, we could end the dramala,’ she said.
‘and the tramala, and go relax in our pajamalas.’
But
others did not see the Kamala-centered jokes as anything
more than comedic content.
One
post read: ‘Conservatives acting like SNL just started
the kamala “but first, something about me” storyline is
so funny to me bc they have been doing it since 2019.’
But
the overwhelming verdict, according to viewers posting
on social media, is that SNL’s berating of Harris has
signaled a turning point in public opinion.
‘Don’t
underestimate the cultural shift of SNL mocking Kamala
It’s recognition she is toast & permission to walk
away from her & her trainwreck of a campaign,’
someone said.
A
sketch from last week depicting Harris and her husband
watching the vice presidential debate
made people think SNL was hinting at Harris’ rumored
drinking problem.
Someone
wrote on X: ‘Kamala is too busy drinking more like what
else is new’
‘SNL
is openly making fun of Kamala Harris’s drinking problem
and Tim Walz being a Knucklehead. Sure sign that Harris’
campaign is in deep trouble,’ another said.
An
SNL sketch framed as a Family Feud episode mocked
Harris, Tim Waltz, Doug Emhoff and Joe Biden
‘OMG
SNL couldn’t resists making Kamala a drunk and her
husband a psychopath than Tim Walz say he’s friends
with school shooters,’ another user chimed in.
Despite
online backlash and criticism from Republicans, Harris
has shown she enjoys seeing herself acted out on the
show.
While
appearing on The View, she was seen laughing and
clapping at Rudolph’s portrayal of her.
‘She’s
so good,’ Harris said of the actress-comedian.
