Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” the show’s final episode before the election.
Harris appeared during the cold open alongside Maya Rudolph, who frequently portrays Harris.
In the opening sketch, Rudolph, who played Harris, lamented, “I wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes,” before turning to a mirror, where the vice president himself appeared, dressed identically.
“I’m just here to remind you that you can do this,” Harris said. “Because you can do something your opponent can’t do: You can open doors.”
The line was an apparent dig at Trump, who stumbled while opening the door of a garbage truck at a campaign stop earlier this week, part of a stunt following remarks by President Joe Biden.
“Take my palm-ala,” Rudolph Harris later instructed, joking about her first name. “The American people want an end to the chaos.”
“And stop with the dram-ala,” Harris added, as the two continued the riff.
“Because what do we always say?” Rudolph asked.
“Keep calm-ala, and carry on-ala,” they said in unison as the audience cheered.
At one point, Rudolph laughed, and Harris responded, “I don’t really laugh like that, do I?”
“A little bit,” Rudolph replied.
Actor and comedian John Mulaney hosted, with Chappell Roan as musical guest.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., also made a surprise appearance, during a skit in which game show contestants had to name a famous person.
“Hello! I was Hillary Clinton’s running mate for vice president. At the time, you said it was the most important election in American history and that democracy was at stake. It’s not even eight years ago. What’s my name again?” Kaine said.
Mulaney, as one of the candidates, could not identify him. He also could not name Kaine a second time, even though the senator had identified himself minutes earlier.
Harris’s cameo on the long-running variety series took her to New York, away from the battleground states she has visited in the final stretch of the campaign. On Saturday, Harris held a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, said that “SNL” “crushed” her all season and that joining the show is “crazy.”
Asked by reporters whether the show had invited Trump to be a guest, he said, “Probably not. I don’t know.”
A spokesman for “Saturday Night Live” did not respond to a request for comment on whether Trump was invited to appear.
Harris has expressed admiration for Rudolph’s portrayal of her.
“Maya Rudolph — I mean, she’s so good,” Harris said of her impression on “The View” last month, also praising her “mannerisms.” “She had it all, the suit, the jewelry, everything!”
Presidential candidates from both major parties have appeared on “SNL” in recent years.
Trump hosted the show in November 2015, which led to a rally of hundreds of protesters who opposed his comments about illegal immigrants. A month earlier, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a cameo on the show, doing an impersonation of Trump..
Barack Obama also made a cameo in 2007 when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. The following year, then-Governor Sarah Palin appeared on the show, just weeks before the election, as the Republican vice presidential nominee.