A senior Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner issued a stern warning: Kamala Harris Saturday Night Live debut. Speaking on social media on Saturday, Brendan Carr claimed the vice president’s appearance on the show was a “clear and obvious effort” to violate the agency’s “Equal Time” rule.

Brendan Carr criticizes Kamala Harris’ SNL appearance

The 45-year-old Republican explained that the FCC’s Equal Time rule mandates that rival candidates receive the same air time. Carr argued that NBC “structured this appearance to evade these requirements.” In a statement shared with X, formerly Twitter, the commissioner wrote: “This is a clear and obvious effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule.”

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Carr’s statement came in response to an Associated Press post about the Democratic candidate’s appearance on the show. “The purpose of the rule is precisely to avoid such biased and partisan behavior; A licensed broadcaster uses public broadcasts to exert influence over a candidate on the eve of an election. “Unless the publisher offers Equal Time to other eligible campaigns,” he added.

Harris’ SNL debut came just days before Tuesday’s showdown, where she appeared alongside her impersonator Maya Rudolph. Series executive producer Lorne Michaels said in a past interview that neither Harris nor Donald Trump It would appear on his schedule during the 2024 presidential race.

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“You can’t bring in real people who are running because of election laws and equal term provisions,” he told The Hollywood Reporter months ago. “You can’t have the major candidates without having all the candidates, and there are so many minor candidates in three states that are just on the ballot, and it gets really complicated,” Michaels added.