FCC commissioner rips NBC over Harris' last-minute SNL appearance: 'Plainly designed to evade' the rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Harris' appearance came at the end of the cold open, which poked fun at Trump for wearing a sanitation vest at a rally last week, as well as Joe Biden's repeated gaffes.
65% : "Kamala ripped off the same bit Trump did when he was on Saturday Night Live in 2015... and Trump's was double the length," radio host Ari Hoffman posted on X.Both the Harris and Trump sketches follow other "in the mirror" sketches Fallon has performed with other high-profile celebrities and politicians, including Mick Jagger in 2001 on "SNL" and now-Utah Sen. Mitt Romney in 2015.
49% : Carr noted in an X thread on Saturday that during the 2016 election cycle, Trump appeared on "SNL," which sparked NBC affiliates to file equal opportunity notices to ensure that Trump's challengers during the cycle were offered the same "SNL" opportunity.
31% : The FCC commissioner had weighed in on X this weekend that the broadcasting company had violated the FCC's equal time rule by hosting the Democratic presidential nominee, but not Trump or other presidential candidates such as Jill Stein or even Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - who is still on election ballots after dropping out of the race earlier this year and endorsing Trump.
28% : You can open doors," she said in a shot at Trump, referring to him climbing into a garbage truck last week while on the campaign trail.
25% : Fallon dressed up like Trump during that sketch, with the pair speaking to one another through a mirror, like Harris' "SNL" appearance.
23% : "'SNL' TAKES AIM AT KAMALA HARRIS' 'MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY' FAMILY RESPONSE DURING 'FAMILY FEUD' SKITTrump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller told the Fox News Channel earlier this weekend that SNL did not extend an invitation to Trump.

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