“Saturday Night Live” doesn’t have the best reputation among Republicans and conservatives, especially anyone who has managed to develop a sense of humor. Often (but not always), the NBC network’s weekend comedy mainstay caters to the “leftist worldview affirmation session” model favored by many progressive comedians nowadays.
The show wasn’t always that way, with some patches of funny business happening on the show sometimes, including during the 2020 election–in particular, the Democrat primary, which then-California Senator Kamala Harris’ campaign was not long for.
I wrote at the time about how Maya Rudolph, the cast member who played Harris during that time, found out about Harris getting picked as Biden’s VP: The look on her face and her genuine reaction were gold (which I wish were available, but the video in the story below has been made private. It is in the clip at the end…
