Harris' cold open appears to copy Trump's 2015 skit with Jimmy Fallon
Critics took to X to say the skit 'directly copied' Trump's
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vice President Kamala Harris’ cameo on the final episode of "Saturday Night Live" before Tuesday's presidential election has some viewers on social media pointing out the skit appeared to mirror one former President Trump performed with Jimmy Fallon in 2015.
Harris appeared in the sketch alongside her impersonator, Maya Rudolph, at the end of the cold open. In the sketch, Harris appears as a reflection in a mirror to offer advice to Rudolph’s Harris.
"I wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes. You know, a Black, south Asian woman running for president. Preferably from the Bay Area," Rudolph’s Harris wondered to herself in an empty dressing room.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The vice president, who was then revealed to be on the other side of the dressing room mirror, responded, "You and me both, sister."
KAMALA HARRIS APPEARS ON ‘SNL’ IN FINAL EPISODE BEFORE ELECTION
Vice President Kamala Harris made a cameo on the final episode of "Saturday Night Live" before Tuesday's presidential election. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)
While some took to social media to praise the sketch, others claimed the skit copied one that former President Trump performed with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" in September 2015 when Trump was running for president.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I knew that SNL sketch with Kamala Harris looked familiar...," KVI Seattle radio host Ari Hoffman wrote on X. "Kamala continues her pattern of ripping off Trump."
"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon performed a similar sketch with Donald Trump on Sept. 11, 2015, as Trump ran for president. (Douglas Gorenstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images )
Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, have previously accused Harris of plagiarizing the policies of Trump, such as no taxes on tips, raising the child tax credit, while flip-flopping on other policies to take positions more in line with Trump’s than what she previously held.
Another social media user argued the sketch was "embarrassing" for Harris.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}'SNL' TAKES AIM AT KAMALA HARRIS' ‘MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY’ FAMILY RESPONSE DURING ‘FAMILY FEUD’ SKIT
Others took to social media claiming the sketch "directly copied" the bit between Trump and Fallon from nine years earlier.
Despite the criticism, both the Harris and Trump sketches have followed other "in the mirror" sketches Fallon also performed with famous partners.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fallon performed the "in the mirror" sketch with The Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger in 2001 on "Saturday Night Live."
Fallon performed the sketch with The Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger on "SNL" on Dec. 8, 2001. (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
In March 2015, Fallon performed the bit again with Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, presidential candidate and current Utah senator, before the politician’s interview on "The Tonight Show."
Fallon also performed the sketch with politician Mitt Romney on "The Tonight Show" on March 25, 2015. (Douglas Gorenstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
The Trump campaign, however, disparaged Harris' appearance on the show when reports of her "surprise" cameo surfaced on Saturday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Kamala Harris has nothing substantive to offer the American people, so that’s why she’s living out her warped fantasy cosplaying with her elitist friends on Saturday Night Leftists as her campaign spirals down the drain into obscurity. For the last four years, Kamala’s destructive policies have led to untold misery and hurt for all Americans. She broke it, and President Trump will fix it," spokesman Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital.
Brendan Carr, a Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, called the appearance a "clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News Digital’s David Rutz and Michael Lee contributed to this report.