NBC has been accused of conspiring against Donald Trump by giving airtime to Kamala Harris in the run-up to next week’s presidential election.
Brendan Carr, the top Republican commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, criticized the vice president’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a “clear and brazen effort” to evade the equal time rule.
“The purpose of the rule is to prevent exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct: a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert influence over a candidate on the eve of an election,” Carr wrote on Twitter/X.
“Unless the broadcaster has offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.”
Carr said the FCC’s “equal time” rule means the candidates must have equal air time, alleging that NBC “structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements.”
NBC has been accused of plotting against Donald Trump by giving airtime to Kamala Harris via Saturday Night Live on the eve of next week’s presidential election.
Brendan Carr, the top Republican commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, criticized the vice president’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a “clear and brazen effort” to evade the equal time rule.
Carr (pictured) said the FCC’s “equal time” rule means candidates must have equal air time, claiming that NBC “structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements.”
Harris, 60, came face to face with her impersonator Maya Rudolph, 52, in a surprise cameo on the sketch show over the weekend, three days before the presidential election.
The vice president took a break from one of the closest campaigns in history to appear for just over two minutes outdoors as a mirror version of Rudolph.
Rudolph appeared in a bathrobe preparing for a speech with her husband Doug Emhoff when she wondered aloud if someone who had “been in her shoes” could give her a pep talk.
Harris, laughing, appears as Rudolph’s reflection on the other side of the table and tells the actress: “You and me, sister.”
The scene then quickly turned into a parody of adding ‘ala’ to phrases in reference to the Democratic candidate’s nickname ‘Momala’.
Harris’ pit stop in New York City came on a day that saw momentum shift in her favor and a surprising poll showing her ahead in Republican-majority Iowa.
‘I’m just here to remind you that you have this. Because you can do something your opponent can’t do. You can open doors,’ Harris tells Rudolph.
Rudolph, laughing, asks if he’s referring to the video of Trump opening the door of a garbage truck before his rally in Wisconsin last week.
Kamala Harris was criticized for her laugh 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 the dressing room mirror at Maya Rudolph, who plays her in the sketch.
Harris, laughing, appears as Rudolph’s reflection on the other side of the table and tells the actress: “You and me, sister.”
The Democratic candidate was then mocked for her laugh when she asked, “I don’t really laugh like that, do I?”
Rudolph bowed his head and nodded in response in a scene similar to when Hillary Clinton was roasted just before the 2016 election.
“Kamala, reach out and take my palm,” Rudolph tells Harris.
And he adds: “Kamala, the American people want to stop the chaos.”
‘And put an end to the drama,’ responds the vice president to the laughter of the audience,
‘The American people want to stop the chaos and end the drama, with a cool new stepmom, put our pajamas back on and watch a romantic comedy, like Legally Blonde-ala, and start decorating for Christmas, fa-la-la-lala .
‘Because what do we always say? Stay calm and carry on.
Rudolph and Harris hug at the end of the sketch from the iconic sketch show.
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Trump’s campaign immediately responded to his debut on the show, claiming he used another “fake accent.”
“Kamala tries and fails once again to seem remotely funny, relatable, or entertaining in the slightest,” the MAGA War Room Twitter account posted.
“His cameo was boring, much like his candidacy.”
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