As Townhall has been covering, NBC News’ “Saturday Night Live” has come under fire for allowing Vice President Kamala Harris on the show, a move they had initially decided against when it comes to offering a slot for the party nominees to appear. In one particular sketch, the same episode also looked to help Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine in his race against Republican Hung Cao for the race out of Virginia. While the race is considered to be in Kaine’s favor, Cao has proved to be a formidable opponent and has even narrowed the gap in the polls with the election just about upon us.
Michael Shellnberger, who has been documenting the FCC “equal time” concerns to do with Harris, noted that there were also concerns to do with Kaine in his race against Cao. “These are flagrant violations of the law that can’t be remedied in under 40 hours,” Shellnberger noted in a post from Sunday.
During Saturday night’s episode, Kaine himself appeared in a sketch where the contestants failed to name the senator while playing “What’s That Name?” The election edition of such a game show highlighted concerns with Kaine’s name recognition.
After winning $5 each for two questions about being able to recognize Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Special Counsel Jack Smith, a candidate known as Ben then tries and miserably fails to identify Kaine.
“Our next question is for $300,000,” the game show host reveals. “And here to ask it is the man himself,” with Kaine coming out on stage to applause. “Hi, I was Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate. At the time you said it was the most important election in American history and that democracy was on the line. It’s been less than eight years. What’s my name?” […]
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