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Harris' SNL cold open mirrors Trump's 2015 skit with Jimmy Fallon
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Harris' SNL cold open mirrors Trump's 2015 skit with Jimmy Fallon

Vice President Kamala Harris' cameo on the final episode of “Saturday Night Live” before Tuesday's presidential election has prompted some viewers on social media to point out that the skit featured an appearance by former President Trump with Jimmy Fallon in 2020 2015 seemed to reflect.

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

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

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

KAMALA HARRIS APPEARS ON “SNL” IN THE LAST EPISODE BEFORE THE ELECTION

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 the skit was a copy of a skit that former President Trump performed alongside Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” in September 2015, when Trump was running for president .

“I knew that SNL skit with Kamala Harris looked familiar…” KVI Seattle radio host Ari Hoffman wrote on 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 accused Harris of plagiarizing Trump's policies, such as not paying taxes on tips, increasing the child tax credit, while changing other policies to represent positions more consistent with him more consistent with Trump's than what she had previously held.

Another social media user argued the skit was “embarrassing” for Harris.

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Others took to social media to claim the skit “directly copied” Trump and Fallon's relationship from nine years earlier.

Despite the criticism, both the Harris and Trump sketches followed other “in the mirror” sketches that Fallon also performed with famous partners.

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

Mick Jagger and Jimmy Fallon

Fallon performed the skit with 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 sang the role again with Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, presidential candidate and current senator from Utah, before the politician's interview on “The Tonight Show.”

Mitt Romney during a sketch 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 disparaged Harris' appearance on the show when reports of her “surprise appearance” surfaced on Saturday.

“Kamala Harris has nothing of substance to offer the American people, so she lives out her distorted fantasy playing on Saturday Night Leftists with her elite friends while her campaign fades into obscurity. For four years, Kamala's destructive policies have been “She broke it, and President Trump is going to 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 blatant attempt to circumvent the FCC's equal-time rule.”

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

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