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SNL with Kamala Harris includes references to Trump rallies in Wisconsin
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SNL with Kamala Harris includes references to Trump rallies in Wisconsin

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There’s always a Wisconsin connection, even if Vice President Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live.”

Harris left Milwaukee Saturday morning. spend the night here then campaign rally and concert At West Allis, she appeared in the “SNL” cold open alongside Maya Rudolph, who regularly portrays Harris on the series.

The cold open included references to recent rallies held in Wisconsin by his rival, Republican former President Donald Trump.

In one scene, James Austin Johnson, who plays Trump, wore an orange, high-vis vest like this one. Trump wore it to his rally near Green Bay on Wednesday. Trump wore the vest to draw attention to President Joe Biden’s statements Call Trump supporters “trash” After a comedian at a Trump rally disparaged Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

The actor echoed Trump’s comment about protecting women “whether women like it or not.” Harsh criticism from Harris and othersBefore you fight with a broken mic like it’s raging Trump during his rally at Fiserv Forum on Friday night in Milwaukee.

Harris later appeared as a mirror image of Rudolph to offer advice.

“I’m here to remind you that you understand this,” Harris said. “Because you can do something your competition can’t do. You can open doors.”

“I see what you’re doing there. It’s like a garbage truck, right?” Rudolph said before breaking into a Harris-inspired laugh.

This was a reference to Trump trying to open the door of the MAGA garbage truck he was riding in before his rally in the Green Bay area.

Comedian John Mulaney also mentioned Wisconsin in his opening monologue when he talked about his grandfather growing up on a farm in East Troy. Mulaney once again shouted out East Troy, a village in Walworth County, when the comedian talked about his father trying to find words of wisdom as he recovered from substance abuse.

“He was trying to think of something clever to say. And at one point he said: ‘Oh, yeah, I wish my grandfather were here.’ “I said, ‘Dad, if my grandfather was here, he’d be 118 years old, and I highly doubt he’d give good advice about dealing with the backlash on social media,’” Mulaney said with a laugh. “Something tells me he’s from East Troy, Wisconsin, too old to fight in World War II.” He was too old for the oldest thing that ever happened, and my grandfather came and said, ‘Oh, no we’re good. We won.’

(This story has been updated to add new information.)