The Oct. 5 episode of “Saturday Night Live” began with a political cold open mocking this week’s vice presidential debate. Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and her husband Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) watching the debate from home.

Live brought back almost all of the 2024 election principals for its cold open, in a spoof of this week’s vice presidential debate between JD Vance (Bowen Yang) and Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan). The riffs were on the most memorable moments from an otherwise inconsequential 90 minute debate,

The Democrat Walz, at times stumbling over his words, laid out his defense for Harris' housing plan, which includes tax incentives to spur more home construction and a $25,000 federal down payment credit for first-time buyers. He also repeatedly took aim at investor homebuyers, blaming them for driving up the cost of housing.