Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live with Maya Rudolph days before the election

The current Vice President appeared alongside her SNL counterpart at the show’s opening.

Just days before the 2024 presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris made an unexpected campaign stop by speaking live on Saturday Night Live.

The vice president appeared at Saturday’s opening with her regular impressionist on the NBC sketch show Maya Rudolph to urge voters to “keep calm – ala and carry on – ala.”

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The episode opened with a CNN clip of the candidates preparing to woo voters at the last minute, including James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump having a spectacular meltdown during a campaign stop. It then switched to Rudolph as Harris, who was again joined by Jim Gaffigan as Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz, Andy Samberg as Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden. When Rudolph’s Harris was all alone, she turned to the mirror to talk to herself, but on the other side was the real Harris, wearing the same costume. “Nice to see you again, Kamala,” the real Harris said to his reflection. “I’m just here to remind you: You got this because you can do things your opponent can’t do, you can open doors.”

The duo then joins in with a sing-song pep talk: “The American people want to stop the chaos and end the drama-la, with a cool new stepmom-ala, get back in our pajamas-laas and watch the rum-com-ala, like Legal blonde-ala, and let’s start decorating for Christmas, fa-la-la-la. Because what do we always say? Keep calm-ala and carry on-ala.” The sketch ended with the Vice President stepping out from behind the mirror and joining SNL alum utter the iconic line: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!”

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Harris herself previously supported Loot personification of a star. “Maya Rudolph, she’s so good, she had it all: the costume, the jewelry, the mannerisms,” Harris said during an appearance on View last month.

Until the start of the 50th season SNL Boss Lorne Michaels said fans won’t see any real candidates this election season. “You can’t bring in actual people who are running because of election laws and equal time provisions,” he said. Hollywood Reporter. “You can’t have major candidates without having all the candidates, and there are a lot of minor candidates that are only on the ballot in about three states, and it gets really complicated.”

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Although Harris’ GOP opponent, former President Trump, did not appear SNL This election cycle, he hosted the show on November 7, 2015, when he sought the GOP nomination in the 2016 election, which he later won. The host’s choice has received considerable criticism, and the show has sparked protests, particularly among Latino groups, following Trump’s recent comments calling Mexican immigrants criminals and “rapists.” Trump was invited to appear on the show again after his presidency, but declined, according to his later look-alike Alec Baldwin.

Other major presidential contenders who have appeared on the show in the recent past include Barack Obama on November 3, 2007; Hillary Clinton March 1, 2008 and October 3, 2015; and May 17, 2008 and November 1, 2008, following the previous appointment in 2002.

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Today’s episode is hosted by comedian and former… SNL writer John Mulaney, joined by first-time musical guest Chappell Roane. The “Hot to Go” singer ruffled the feathers of some of her politically minded fans this summer when she declined to endorse a candidate in the 2024 election, citing “issues on both sides.” Following the online backlash, the pop sensation posted a TikTok video explaining that she would be “voting for f*ckin’ Kamala, but I’m not agreeing to what’s been proposed because it’s questionable.”

Check out Harris and Rudolph in the full sketch above.

Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT on NBC and Peacock.