A Federal Communications Fee commissioner claimed on Saturday that Kamala Harris‘ look on Saturday Evening Reside violated the “equal time” rule.
“This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule,” commissioner Brendan Carr wrote on X, previously Twitter, in response to information of her deliberate look.
The FCC’s equal time rule requires American radio and tv stations to supply equal time to rival political candidates.
“The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct – a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election,” Carr wrote, including: “Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.”
“You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions,” Michaels advised THR, after which clarified: “You can’t have the main candidates without having all the candidates, and there are lots of minor candidates that are only on the ballot in, like, three states and that becomes really complicated.”
It’s not clear whether or not NBC reached out to Trump when planning Saturday’s episode, however the present has an extended historical past of welcoming political candidates throughout their marketing campaign (together with Trump in 2015).
Harris’ cameo on Saturday night time featured a the Democratic nominee in dialog with herself (or, with Maya Rudolph‘s impression of her, that is) similar in structure to Trump’s look alongside Jimmy Fallon’s impression of him in that 2015 sketch.
“Now Kamala, take my palm-ala,” Rudolph advised the veep. Then they started to complete one another’s sentences. “The American people want to stop the chaos and end the drama-ala with a cool new step-momala. Look, get back in our pajamas and watch a rom-Kamala, like Legally Blonde-ala. And start decorating for Christmas, Fa-la-la-la-la. Because what do we always say? Keep Kamala and carry on-ala.”
John Mulaney hosted the episode, with musical visitor Chappell Roan.
