Election 2024 live updates: Harris appears on SNL as shock new poll gives VP lead over Trump in Iowa
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Your support makes all the difference.Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live alongside host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan.
The vice president’s flight from Charlotte to Detroit was diverted to New York, and a few hours later she appeared in the cold open as the reflection of Maya Rudolph who impersonates Harris on the show.
Meanwhile, a shocking new poll out of Iowa, a state in which neither candidate has campaigned, has put the Democratic candidate three points ahead of Donald Trump — a 12-point swing against the Republican since the 2020 election.
The Des Moines Register observes that much of the shift to Harris from the former president comes from women and independents. Approximately 20 percent of the voters in the Republican Iowa caucus backed Nikki Haley over Trump.
Earlier today, the former president said that “women have to be protected when they're at home in suburbia” as he attempted to double down on his previous comment that he'd protect them “whether they like it or not.”
Some 70 million Americans have already voted early according to CNN. Both candidates spent Saturday in North Carolina keeping the focus on key battlegrounds as Election Day looms.
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Full story: Harris pokes fun at Trump as she makes surprise ‘Saturday Night Live' appearance
Kamala Harris poked fun at Donald Trump as she made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live with just days left before America goes to the polls.
The vice president, who has been played on the 50th season of the comedy show by Maya Rudolph, flew to New York City after a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It was the final episode of the show before Tuesday’s pivotal Election Day.
Graeme Massie reports.
Harris mocks Trump as she makes surprise Saturday Night Live appearance
The vice president, who has been played on the 50th season of the comedy show by Maya Rudolph, flew to New York City after a campaign event in North Carolina
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RFK Jr says Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims whom Donald Trump has promised to put in charge of health initiatives, said Saturday that Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office.
Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water has long been considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.
Kennedy made the declaration on the social media platform X alongside a variety of claims about the health effects of fluoride.
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Which politicians have appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live' in the past?
In short, a lot!
Donald Trump hosted himself at the start of his political career in 2015 and in 2004 when The Apprentice was riding high in the ratings. But he’s certainly not alone.
Hillary Clinton was running in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary when she appeared next to Amy Poehler, who played her on the show and was known for launching into a trademark, exaggerated cackle. The real Clinton wondered during her appearance, “Do I really laugh like that?”
Clinton returned in 2016 while running against Trump in a race she ultimately lost.
The first sitting president to appear on SNL was Republican Gerald Ford, who did so less than a year after the show debuted. Ford appeared in April 1976 on an episode hosted by his press secretary, Ron Nessen, and declared the show’s famous opening rejoinder, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night.”
Then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama appeared alongside Poehler impersonating Clinton in 2007, and Republican Bob Dole was on the show in November 1996 -- a mere 11 days after losing that year’s election to Bill Clinton. Dole consoled Norm Macdonald, who played the Kansas senator.
Then there was Tina Fey’s 2008 impression of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin — and in particular, her joke that “I can see Russia from my house.” It was so good that Fey eventually won an Emmy and Palin herself appeared on the show that October, in the weeks before the election.
With reporting by The Associated Press
What happens if a convicted felon wins the presidency?
Earlier this year, Donald Trump made history by becoming the first former president ever convicted of a crime.
Now, with Election Day looming and the Republican neck-and-neck with Kamala Harris in the polls, he could make history again: by becoming the first convicted felon elected to the nation’s highest office.
Joe Sommerlad looks at what that might mean.
What happens if a convicted felon – like Trump – wins the presidency?
With Election Day looming and the polls neck-and-neck, Trump could soon make history as the first president to run the country from a prison cell
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