Maya Rudolph’sSaturday Night Liveimpression of Sen.Kamala Harrishas the Democratic presidential hopeful’s seal of approval.
Rudolph, 47, suited up on Saturday to portray Harris, 54, in the the long-running sketch show’s 45th season premiere, which saw her pitted against political rivalsJoe Biden(Woody Harrelson),Elizabeth Warren(Kate McKinnon),Bernie Sanders(Larry David) and more at a faux CNN Impeachment Town Hall.
She also included a GIF of Rudolph shaking her finger and saying in character, “No one is above the law.”
TheBridesmaidsactress, who hadn’t tweeted in nearly 10 months, retweeted Harris’ message andadded one of her own, writing, “YES SHE WAS SENATOR HARRIS!!!”
Rudolph alsowrote, “YESSSSSSSSSSENATOR!!! An honor to attempt to be as cool as you,” adding a purple heart emoji.
Harris’ tweet comes in reference to a viral quip she made during a Democratic debate in June amid a confrontation with Biden.
“There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day, and that little girl was me,” she said, as the candidates discussed his past opposition to federally mandated busing programs to integrate schools.
The phrase went on to become a slogan of sorts for Harris, whose campaign later sold it on T-shirts.
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Throughout theSNLveteran’s take on Harris, she referred to herself as “America’s cool aunt,” otherwise known as a “funt.”
“The kind of funt that will give you weed, but then arrest you for having weed,” she said.
Maya Rudolph as Sen. Kamala Harris onSaturday Night Live.NBC. Inset: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
The joke came in reference to the fact that as attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017, Harris oversaw more than 1,900 marijuana convictions, according toThe Mercury News. She has since said that she supports legalizing marijuana and wants to wipe nonviolent marijuana-related offenses from people’s records, according toCNN.
Rudolph also joked that she was a “smooth-talking lady lawyer” and a “walking, talking TNT show.”
Meanwhile, other Democrat politicians who found themselves portrayed onSNLthis week includedBeto O’Rourke(Alex Moffat),Andrew Yang(newcomerBowen Yang),Cory Booker(Chris Redd),Pete Buttigieg(Colin Jost), andMarianne Williamson(Chloe Fineman).
source: people.com
