Kamala Harris to skip historic Al Smith Dinner in New York before election, campaign official says
Source: CNN
Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend next month’s 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.
…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. The affair – black-tie for attendees, white-tie for the headliners – is named after the first major-party Catholic presidential nominee, four-term New York Gov. Al Smith, the Democratic standard-bearer in 1928.
Eight years ago, with New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan seated nearby, Trump ambushed Clinton, calling her a liar and mocking her over hacked emails. When the audience booed, Trump went further, saying, “I don’t know who they’re angry at, Hillary, you or I. For example, here she is tonight, in public, pretending not to hate Catholics.”
Dolan would likely have sat between the candidates this year. He came under criticism in 2017 over his relationship with Trump. He also gave the invocation at Trump’s swearing-in. Harris did tell the dinner’s organizers that she hoped to attend the event in the coming years – as president, a campaign official said.
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I don't expect that to stop.
