Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live. 

It was a surprise both because it hadn't been telegraphed and also because NBC had previously said neither candidate would appear due to laws requiring equal time for all candidates running. There is nothing obscure about those laws, and NBC specifically referenced them earlier this year to explain why they wouldn't host either candidate. 

NBC knew full well that it would be breaking at least two laws by interfering in the election in this way, and it did so anyway.

It's not just Harris. It's also @timKaine who could lose to @HungCao_VA

NBC constructed a sketch literally aimed at increasing Kaine's name… https://t.co/ypuSlAhG71 pic.twitter.com/HiWRRxRlqz

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 3, 2024

But there are two close races NBC wanted to influence: the presidential race, and also the Virginia Senate race in which Tim Caine faces a difficult reelection battle against a strong Republican Hung Cao. 

So NBC decided to break the law. To protect the rule of law, our democracy, and American political norms, you see. Sometimes you have to break some eggs to make an omelet, and if using the public airwaves, provided by the American taxpayers for free in the public interest, means tipping the scales for a favored candidate, they will do their duty. 

BREAKING FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr warns the Kamala Harris SNL skit this close to the election, violates the “equal time” rule.

“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… pic.twitter.com/vgZN1CQ8ug

— Steve Gruber (@stevegrubershow) November 3, 2024

Saturday Night Live knows that they can do this because, whether Kamala wins or loses, they will face little punishment. Perhaps a fine, and I doubt that NBC Universal cares that much, and because they are catering to the transnational elite the virtue signaling benefit will, in their eyes, outweigh any minor cost to their shareholders. 

Besides, corporations have done worse things to their shareholders for the sake of virtue signaling to their peers in the elite. Think DEI, which has cost them hundreds of billions at least in lost profits and productivity. What do they care? Ask Disney. 

In addition to illegally boosting @KamalaHarris, NBC's Saturday Night Live last night did a skit *literally* aimed at boosting the name recognition of Sen @timkaine. Why? Perhaps because Kaine's challenger @HungCao_VA just closed the gap & could win. It's election interference. pic.twitter.com/dolUILMhMU

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 3, 2024

The FCC is run by the Democrats now, explaining why they rushed through the sale of 200 radio stations to George Soros. If Kamala wins they will benefit; if Kamala loses and the Republicans try to punish them NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, and all the establishment media will howl "fascism" and complain about Trump seeking revenge. The law only applies to normies. 

Just weeks ago, SNL’s Lorne Michaels said that they *would not* be bringing any of the candidates on due to election and equal time laws:

“‘You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions,’ Michaels said.” pic.twitter.com/xtfnNFXdfr

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024

Frankly, the appearance on SNL is pretty meaningless. Compared to 24/7/365 nonstop hatefest against Trump, an SNL appearance is barely noise. And it's not like having Kamala Harris appear (or Tim Kaine) makes either of them look especially good. Neither benefits from a live appearance. They do better when the propagandists make the case for them. 

But it is telling. SNL had specifically pointed to the very law they broke as an excuse to keep both Trump and Harris off the air. There is no ambiguity here. They know exactly what they did and did it anyway. 

The culture of impunity on the left is unlimited. They complain about Trump signing legal documents and want to put him in jail for signing a contract--charged and convicted for signing documents his lawyers prepared. The case was absurd, but "nobody is above the law."

Except the left because they own the legal system. They can make anybody a criminal while breaking any law themselves. 

UPDATE: Under enormous pressure, NBC shoehorned in a Trump 90-second appearance:

So in the end, NBC had to give up 90 seconds for free to the Trump campaign as "equal time" in response to the SNL Harris stunt. https://t.co/RHJCbkT6G6

— Alberto Miguel Fernandez (@AlbertoMiguelF5) November 4, 2024