The Kamala Harris Sketch You’d Never See Today
Last year, Comedy Central mocked Biden's Veep Harris with this wild comparison
Comedians took a knee the moment Barack Obama became the nation’s first black President in 2009.
Earlier, actually, but you get the idea.
They collectively stood down, refusing to speak truth to power in ways that might hurt the president. And, of course, they wanted him to succeed and realized a negative comic narrative could hurt him politically.
The show “gave up on the whole Obama thing,” according to the “Saturday Night Live” cast member who played Obama for a spell.
“SNL” even serenaded him as he left office.
Watch #SNL honor Barack Obama with a touching performance of “To Sir, With Love” https://t.co/2WAWepvJd1 pic.twitter.com/t0O8rrvXcE
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 23, 2017
The same is true for Vice President Kamala Harris.
We’ve spent three-plus years waiting, and waiting, for comedians to poke fun at the Vice President. That waiting was mostly in vain, leaving web-based critics to do the heavy lifting.
“SNL” has barely mentioned Harris. A Seder-themed sketch featuring Harris poked fun at GOP figures, not the Vice President.
Late-night comedians have steered clear of her, except when it came to defending her from “racists” and “sexists.”
“The Daily Show” proved no different. Except on one startling night the Comedy Central series targeted Harris with the ultimate putdown.
She’s just like VP Selina Meyer, the empty-headed vessel on the HBO series “Veep.”
It’s not a new revelation. The “Ruthless Variety Progrum” made the “Veep”-Harris connection earlier in the Biden/Harris presidency.
“The Daily Show’s” variation might have been mild, but it captured Harris’ word salad stylings so well it likely stunned the show’s hard-Left viewers.
They’ve been shielded from Harris’ affinity for phrases like “unburdened” that dot her public speeches. For them, this felt like either a revelation or political blasphemy.
Not after this, though.
A funny anecdote?
“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci has taken great pains to tell us his creation bears no similarities to Vice President Harris.
The aforementioned clip suggests otherwise, but we should enjoy it while we can.
The next four months will find few mainstream humorists targeting Harris in any way, shape or form. They’ll turn all of their attention on President Donald Trump and figure out ways to prevent a second Trump presidency.
“SNL” lured Maya Rudolph back to the show to portray Harris in upcoming episodes. It doesn’t matter. She’s a gifted comedienne but she’s shared her admiration for Harris in the past. Plus, the show won’t give her anything meaty to share.
Unless you call, “slaaaaay queen” moments meat.
And, should Harris secure the White House come November, sketches like this may become a distant memory.
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The sad truth is Trump is not sailing past this dolt. Harris is the absolute worst this country has nominated for president (so far) and she’s neck/neck with Trump. A good chunk of her support comes from idiots who dislike Trump’s bombastic, hyperbolic nature. It has nothing to do with policy. It’s akin to the vote for student body president in grade school. “Orange-man bad!”
leftists worship the State. The closest thing that a living human can represent the concept of the State is the President.
So these colossally degenerate idiots worship the President. Even more if it identifies as a woman.
Until that President is no longer useful and is tossed in the garbage heap and another is selected to be their God.
leftism is a cult.