(RedState) “Saturday Night Live” has been accused of violating election law with a cameo appearance by Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris during their broadcast on Saturday night.
Harris made a surprise appearance during the cold open segment of the show, appearing opposite Maya Rudolph’s version of her, in a mirror skit where they talk to each other.
Rudolph’s character, during the skit, said she wished she could “talk to someone who has been in my shoes,” at which point the camera panned to Harris on the other side of the mirror.
Her appearance was greeted in deep blue New York with screams of joy.
“You and me both, sister,” Harris replied, struggling to repress her signature cackle.
It was a desperate ploy for her campaign and Democrats’ friends at NBC to make the vice president seem more relatable, less robotic. It was, in a word, cringe:
Kamala Harris talks to Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/AJuW7aO7VM
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November 3, 2024
The problem here is that “SNL” might have run afoul of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s equal-time rule for political candidates.
Fox News senior White House correspondent, Jacqui Heinrich reported on X that Donald Trump’s campaign had not been contacted to make a similar appearance.
“Trump campaign senior advisor tells FOX that SNL did not extend an invitation to President Trump,” Heinrich wrote on X.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has also come forward to state unequivocally that the sketch comedy program did, in fact, violate the rule.
“This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule,” Carr wrote on X.
He added:
