Kamala Harris on “SNL” makes light of her name

Comma-la. Cow-mah-la.

Or as Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday night: “Stay calm and carry on.”

Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, stopped by “Saturday Night Live” just three days before the Nov. 5 election, where she offered some sage advice to comedian Maya Rudolph's portrayal of herself.

Rudolph's Harris, preparing for a final rally in Pennsylvania, wished she could talk to someone “who was in my shoes, a black, South Asian woman running for president, preferably from the Bay Area.”

Rudolph sat in front of an (empty) vanity mirror and the real vice president appeared on the other side in a similar suit and necklace. Applause and screams erupted from the audience for nearly 30 seconds, making it difficult to understand the vice president's point of view.

She tried again.

“You and me both, sister,” Harris said.

“It's good to see you, Kamala, and I'm just here to remind you, 'You did it,' because you can do something your opponent can't. “You can open doors,” Harris told Rudolph, referring to a recent video showing former President Donald Trump struggling to open the door of a garbage truck before a rally in Wisconsin.

The two Kamalas then gossiped about Harris' first name, which her opponent Trump had repeatedly mispronounced.

“Take my Palm-Ala,” Rudolph said as she took Harris' hand. “The American people want to end the chaos and end the dram-ala with a cool new stepmomala. Sit back in our pajamas and watch a romantic comedy.”

Harris, a former prosecutor and attorney general, suggested performing “Legally Blond-ala.”

“Because what do we always say?” said Harris. Then she and Rudolph said at the same time, “Stay calm, ala, and carry on, ala.”

The two Harrises wore identical suits: a black blouse, a black blazer and black pants. Both wore double pearl necklaces and had American flag pins on their lapels.

The two stood with their arms over each other's shoulders and ended the skit with the signature “SNL” opener: “And live from New York, it's Saturday night!”

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