Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on SNL as U.S. election looms [Video]

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris made an unannounced trip to New York to appear on Saturday Night Live, briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been campaigning with just three days to go before the presidential election.

Harris departed on Air Force Two after a campaign stop on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C.

She was scheduled to head to Detroit, but once the aircraft was in the air, aides said it was actually going to New York.

It is the final SNL episode before election day on Tuesday.

Actor Maya Rudolph first played Harris on the show in 2019 and has reprised her role this season, doing a spot-on impression of the vice-president, including calling herself “Momala.”

Rudolph opened the show’s season premiere with the line: “Well, well, well. Look who fell out of that coconut tree.” And she’s joked about keeping President Joe Biden in …