When the cast reunited on Sunday night, the audience who tuned into the was warned, “No dogs or cats were eaten during the making of this program.” The message — a dig at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (a similar one came the night prior on ) — was delivered in voiceover by Gary Cole, who played Kent Davidson, senior strategist to star Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer, who served as both the 45th and 47th president of the HBO’s show version of the United States. The next introduction came from Matt Walsh, who played Meyer’s press secretary, Mike McLintock.
“Many people ,” he said in character, stumbling through the speech. “Im here to say she 100 percent is..
. . Kamala Harris is Selina Meyer and Selina Meyer is Kamala Harris.
Selina Meyer is, however, one of the other candidates running for president this year. Selina Meyer is Donald Trump.” The opening was pitch-perfect for the audience of more than 20,000 fans who received a Zoom link after donating to the night’s sponsor, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, in hopes of electing Harris and running mate Tim Walz into the White House for 2024.
(And who are in on that Meyer is Trump.) And it was only a taste of the nearly two-hour event that included an entire cast table read of season three’s now timelier-than-ever episode “Crate” (where Meyer finds out she’s going to be president because the current POTUS is stepping down), as well as Q&A sessions led by host Stephen Colbert with.