SNL with Kamala Harris has references to Trump rallies in Wisconsin

There's always a connection to Wisconsin — even when Vice President Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live.”

Harris, who left Milwaukee Saturday morning after staying overnight here following her campaign rally and concert in West Allis, appeared at the “SNL” cold open with Maya Rudolph, who regularly plays Harris on the show.

The cold opening included references to recent rallies held in Wisconsin by her opponent, former Republican President Donald Trump.

In one scene, James Austin Johnson, who plays Trump, wore an orange high-visibility vest like the one Trump wore at his rally near Green Bay on Wednesday. Trump wore the vest to draw attention to comments from President Joe Biden in which he appeared to call Trump supporters “trash” after a comedian at a Trump rally disparaged Puerto Rico as a “floating island of trash.”

The actor repeated Trump's comment about protecting women “whether women like it or not,” drawing sharp criticism from Harris and others, before struggling with a broken microphone like the one Trump used on Friday night during his rally at the Fiserv Forum upset in Milwaukee.

Harris then appeared as a mirror image of Rudolph to give advice.

“I’m just here to remind you that you get this,” Harris said. “Because you can do something your opponent can’t. You can open doors.”

“I understand what you did there. Like a garbage truck, right?” Rudolph said before breaking into a Harris-inspired laugh.

That was a reference to Trump having difficulty opening the door of a MAGA garbage truck he was driving in the Green Bay area before his rally.

Comedian John Mulaney also mentioned Wisconsin in his opening monologue when he talked about his grandfather growing up on a farm in East Troy. Mulaney again called out East Troy, a village in Walworth County, as he talked about his father trying to find words of wisdom as the comedian recovered from drug abuse.

“He was trying to think of something clever to say. And at one point he says, “Ah yeah, I just wish Grandpa was here.” I said, 'Dad, if Grandpa were here he'd be 118 years old, and I highly doubt he'd have any good advice on dealing with backlash social media,'” Mulaney said with a laugh. “Something tells me that a dairy farmer from East Troy, Wisconsin, who was too old to fight in World War II is what I like best about him. He was too old for the oldest thing that ever happened; They needed every guy, and my grandpa came and they said, “Ah, no, we're good.” We're full. We won.'”

(This story has been updated to add new information.)

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