Harris’ SNL cold open mirrors Trump’s 2015 sketch with Jimmy Fallon
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Harris’ SNL cold open mirrors Trump’s 2015 sketch with Jimmy Fallon

Vice President Kamala Harris cameo in the final episode of “Saturday Night Live” Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, some viewers on social media have pointed out that the footage appeared to mirror a former President Trump played with Jimmy Fallon in 2015.

Harris appeared in the skit alongside her impersonator, Maya Rudolph, at the end of the cold open. In the sketch, Harris appears as a reflection in a mirror to give advice to Rudolph’s Harris.

“I wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes. You know, a black, South Asian woman running for president. Preferably from the Bay Area,” Rudolph’s Harris wondered to herself in an empty locker room.

The vice president, then revealed to be on the other side of the locker room mirror, replied, “You and me both, sister.”

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Maya Rudolph and Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris made a cameo appearance on the final episode of “Saturday Night Live” before Tuesday’s presidential election. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

While some took to social media to praise the skit, others claimed that the skit copied an as former President Trump appeared with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” in September 2015 when Trump was running for president.

“I knew the SNL skit with Kamala Harris looked familiar…,” KVI Seattle radio host Ari Hoffman signed X. “Kamala continues her pattern of ripping off Trump.”

Jimmy Fallon and Donald Trump

“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon performed a similar skit with Donald Trump on September 11, 2015, when Trump was running for president. (Douglas Gorenstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, have previously done so accused Harris of plagiarism Trump’s policies, such as no taxes on tips, raising the child tax credit, while flipping other policies to take positions more in line with Trump’s than she previously held.

Another social media user claimed the sketch was “embarrassing” for Harris.

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Others took to social media and claimed the skit “directly copied” the bit between Trump and Fallon from nine years earlier.

Despite the criticism, both the Harris and Trump skits have followed other “in the mirror” skits Fallon has also performed with celebrity partners.

Fallon performed the sketch “in the mirror” with The Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger 2001 on “Saturday Night Live”.

Mick Jagger and Jimmy Fallon

Fallon performed the sketch with The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on “SNL” on December 8, 2001. (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

In March 2015, Fallon performed the segment again with Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, presidential candidate and current Utah senator, before the politician’s interview on “The Tonight Show.”

Mitt Romney during a skit with host Jimmy Fallon

Fallon also performed the sketch with politician Mitt Romney on “The Tonight Show” on March 25, 2015. (Douglas Gorenstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

However, the Trump campaign downplayed Harris’ appearance on the show when reports of her “surprise” surfaced on Saturday.

“Kamala Harris has nothing of substance to offer the American people, so that’s why she’s living out her warped fantasy cosplaying with her elitist friends on Saturday Night Leftists as her campaign goes down the drain in obscurity. Over the last four years, Kamala’s destructive politics led to untold misery and harm to all Americans. She broke it, and President Trump will fix it,” spokesman Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital.

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Brendan Carr, a Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, called the appearance a “clear and obvious effort to circumvent the FCC’s Equal Time rule.

Fox News Digital’s David Rutz and Michael Lee contributed to this report.