They did the skit, had FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr cry foul, and then sat back and watched as actual issues important to voters got pushed to the side of the news cycle on Sunday.

The executives at Saturday Night Live are not stupid. They knew exactly what they were doing and “risking,” which is why they did it. It’s all a distraction. They don’t believe they’re actually going to move the needle with voters. They and the Kamala Harris campaign want media, particular conservative media, to be crying foul about this instead of the actual shenanigans that affect this election. Unfortunately, it’s news so we have to cover it but I came very close to killing the story because it’s at the bottom of the list of crimes being committed on behalf of Team Commie.

Here’s Zero Hedge‘s report that includes extremely talented and influential patriot Michael Shellenberger spending hours “investigating” it…

In Addition to Not Being Funny, SNL May Have Violated Election Law With Kamala Cameo

Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” last night – playing herself across from Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open.

Kamala Harris spent THREE HOURS rehearsing for this cringe fest on SNL.

Complete with the fake black accent.

This is a tough watch. Good Lord. pic.twitter.com/B3RbafOsH9

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 3, 2024

It was essentially an exact copy of Trump’s appearance in 2015, except not funny.

Kamala Harris SNL skit DIRECTLY copied Trump’s from 2015.

Can she do ANYTHING original at all? https://t.co/RX3zMprYfo pic.twitter.com/wwbdVJgig1

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 3, 2024

What’s more, it may have violated election laws.

As Michael Shellenberger points out, “The producer of Saturday Night Live said neither Harris nor Trump would appear on the show “because of election laws.” Last night, about 60 hours before polls open, he put Harris on the show in a warm & humanizing sketch. He and NBC violated the equal time provision of the law.”

On October 1, 2024, Hollywood Reporter published this article. It said, "In a recent interview ahead of the show’s 50th season, SNL creator and long-running maestro Lorne Michaels revealed that he hadn’t reached out to the real-life candidates, and he didn’t intend to before the… pic.twitter.com/3olU8qMmeT

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 3, 2024

Continued:

That article linked to a September 19 interview between Michaels and SNL cast members, Colin Jost and Michael Che. Weirdly, however, the September 19 does not contain the Lorne Michaels quote referred to in the October 1 Hollywood Reporter article. Even more weirdly, neither does the WayBack Machine’s first capture of the article on September 19.

The reason that’s weird is that many media outlets reported on Michaels’ statement in early October.

NBC clearly violated the law. In a 2022 fact sheet, FCC writes, “FCC rules seek to ensure that no legally qualified candidate for office is unfairly given less access to the airwaves – outside of bona fide news exemptions – than their opponent.”

I will interview @BrendanCarrFCC about this at 11:45 ET on an X Spaces— please tune in https://t.co/PaCiLoVUfP

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 3, 2024

This is why Woody Harrelson’s opening monologue offered a surprise. Watch:

Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live and used his opening monologue to criticize Big Pharma's response to COVID-19:

"The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in… pic.twitter.com/i0PfNrlcGd

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 26, 2023

“So the movie goes like this,” he said. “The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.”

“I threw the script away,” he continued as the audience chuckled uncomfortably. “I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day long.”

Here’s the whole opening monologue:

Some commenters seemed to believe this could be Harrelson going rogue, which is very unlikely. Others thought this was part of a shift by government, entertainment, and corporate media messaging to distance themselves from the Big Pharma puppet masters they’ve served obediently for three years.

I think it’s just a slap in our faces. This came across as, “Yes, we did that and no, you can’t do a thing about it even when we admit it.”

Maybe I’m just cynical.