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On “SNL,” Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris shines despite the hostile interviewer played by Alec Baldwin

On “SNL,” Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris shines despite the hostile interviewer played by Alec Baldwin

Kamala Harris may have had to talk through a combative Fox News interviewer last week, but she was seen on “Saturday Night Live.”

The sketch comedy show continued to find inspiration in a campaign season that saw the vice president tread unfriendly territory on Fox News while President Donald Trump, her opponent, ventured into unconventional waters with a dance at a town hall.

Harris faced Fox News host Bret Baier in an interview that aired Wednesday, where the two talked about each other. Baier was portrayed by “SNL” king Alec Baldwin, making his first appearance on the series since a judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against him in connection with the fatal shooting of a cameraman on the set of the film “Rust.”

On the comedic reality of “Saturday Night Live,” Harris, portrayed by Maya Rudolph, used her time to reach younger voters on TikTok.

“I’m not looking for a viral moment,” she told Baier, before turning left and using a youth catchphrase: low-key. “See how I don’t let men interrupt my answers? Very reserved. Very mindful.”

She later added: “In da clerb, we all fam,” a meme from the TV show “Broad City.”

For his part, Trump, played by repertoire player James Austin Johnson, sought to ensure that voters believe America is both the greatest country in the world and a terrible place.

“We are a failing country,” said Johnson’s Trump. “America is a place full of idiots and idiots. But we love it. It’s really bad.”

Harris criticized Trump after some supporters attending his Oct. 12 rally in Coachella, California, were allegedly left behind by campaign buses, forcing them to walk to vehicles parked a few miles away.

“Hundreds of elderly people had to walk six miles across the desert back to their cars like an Old Testament fire festival,” Harris said.

“SNL” veteran Dana Carvey played Biden. Harris said she would be “a billion times better” as president than “Yuh-Biden.”

Harris criticized Trump for his appearance Tuesday at a town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, where, after two questions, the former president made song requests to campaign staffers, who DJed for the rest of the event while Trump danced and swayed for more than 30 minutes.

“He can dance to the YMCA all he wants or any other song he doesn’t know is a gay anthem,” Rudolphs Harris said.

It was hosted by Michael Keaton, who returned to black comedy in the “Beetlejuice” sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” Billy Eilish was the show's musical guest for the third time.

“SNL” airs on NBC, a division of NBCUniversal, which is also the parent company of NBC News.

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