A few hours before the election week episode of Saturday Night Live was set to air, news broke that Kamala Harris had changed her schedule to make an impromptu stop in New York City. The reason for this was clear to everyone even before it was confirmed: she would be appearing in the show’s cold open.
And indeed she does, although before we get to that we’re treated to a brief glimpse at one of Donald Trump’s (James Austin Johnson) final campaign rallies, where the mood is, as always, dire. Playing dress up in “big orange vest”, Trump admits “I’m out of gas, I’m running on fumes here, folks, you can see it, right? I’m exhausted, I’m babbling, I’m doing crazy things with the microphone … the last time I hated a Mike this much I tried to have him killed,” before begging everyone to make it stop.
