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Kamala Harris to Skip Al Smith Dinner
September 21, 2024 at 4:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 214 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/21/kamala-harris-to-skip-al-smith-dinner/
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Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend next months Al Smith charity dinner in New York City, her campaign has told organizers, opting instead to stump in a battleground state on October 17, less than three weeks before the election, CNN reports.
The historic Catholic fundraiser traditionally features light roasts by the two major-party nominees aimed at one another and others in presidential election years
Donald Trump stunned attendees in 2016 when he abandoned the collegial banter and launched a series of personal attacks on Hillary Clinton, who in her own remarks had offered the expected round of self-deprecating humor.
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Applegrove:
Of course narcissist Trump can't do self effacing humor.
no_hypocrisy
(48,963 posts)Trump ran over Hillary with a bulldozer in 1916 and Cardinal Dolan let him get away with it.
Why would this year be any different?
JI7
(90,658 posts)deal with during that election.
RandySF
(70,807 posts)Trump was actually funny during the first half of his 2016 speech and the turned into Mr. Hyde.
JustAnotherGen
(33,690 posts)Raven123
(6,094 posts)Too many Catholic affiliated organizations have promoted TFG. Time to make them pay the price.
Remember the visit to JP2 shrine?
https://thetablet.org/controversy-lingers-trump-visit-john-paul-ii-shrine/