{"id":2356472,"date":"2024-10-17T23:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lands-zingers-at-al-smith-dinner-as-harris-snubs-event-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:30:06","slug":"trump-lands-zingers-at-al-smith-dinner-as-harris-snubs-event-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lands-zingers-at-al-smith-dinner-as-harris-snubs-event-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump lands zingers at Al Smith dinner as Harris snubs event- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-lands-zingers-at-al-smith-dinner-as-harris-snubs-event-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2356472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At the 79th annual Al \u2062Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-bidens-explicit-denials-new-york-times-confirms-potus-involvement-in-family-business\/\" title=\"Despite Biden\u2019s Explicit Denials, New York Times Confirms POTUS Involvement In Family Business\">charity dinner<\/a> in New York, former President Donald \u2062Trump was the\u2064 sole\u2063 featured\u200c speaker after \u2064Vice President \u2062Kamala Harris \u2062declined the invitation to focus\u2063 on \u200bher campaign in Wisconsin. \u200bThroughout his speech, Trump took several \u200djabs at Harris, calling her absence &#8220;very disrespectful,&#8221; and humorously suggested that she would have attended if the event had funded bail for \u200drioters. He \u200calso remarked that Harris was in Michigan receiving Communion\u2062 from Governor \u200dGretchen Whitmer, referencing \u200ba controversial video.<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued to\u200b entertain \u200bthe audience with zingers directed at other attendees, including New York Mayor\u2063 Eric Adams, whom he commented\u2064 on regarding his \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-advances-student-loan-safety-net-program-while-forgiveness-scheme-awaits-fate-before-scotus\/\" title=\"Biden Advances &quot;Student Loan Safety Net&quot; Program While Forgiveness Scheme Awaits Fate Before SCOTUS\">ongoing legal issues<\/a>. He humorously predicted Adams would beat the charges against him. Trump also poked fun at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Governor Tim \u200bWalz.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b his success in \u200bdelivering jokes about others, \u200dTrump opted against making self-deprecating remarks, stating that he sees no \u200cpoint in criticizing himself \u200cwhen others have already been\u200b attacking\u200d him.\u200d The event, traditionally a bipartisan gathering, benefitted \u200cvarious Catholic charities. Trump&#8217;s \u2064performance was contrasted with the missed opportunity for\u200d Harris to\u2062 engage with the Catholic community\u200d during the\u200c event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump lands zingers at Al Smith dinner as Harris misses chance to court Catholics<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1838171\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> was the sole-featured speaker at the 79th annual Al Smith charity dinner in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> after Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> declined an invitation to speak choosing instead to continue on the campaign stump in Wisconsin. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump repeatedly referenced Harris&rsquo;s absence at the white-tie bipartisan dinner, his third time speaking at the event. Comedian Jim Gaffigan&nbsp;emceed the event and has recently played Harris&rsquo;s running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), on Saturday Night Live while Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, hosted the event.<\/p>\n<p>Harris did however pre-record a video that was aired during the dinner, named in honor of former Democratic New York governor Alfred E. Smith. (Smith was also the first Catholic to be nominated for president by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-trans-state-senator-predicts-future-trans-president\/\" title=\"First Trans State Senator Predicts Future Trans President\">major political party<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Harris was booed when her absence was first mentioned during the event. The dinner is normally the last event before the election where the two major-party candidates share the same stage. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was joined at the event by former first lady Melania Trump, who has been normally absent from public appearances with the former president. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, current New York Mayor Eric Adams, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and New York Attorney General Letitia James were also in attendance. <\/p>\n<p>The dinner benefits Catholic charities and is normally seen as a collegial tradition but Harris broke that norm this year as she hopes to mobilize voters less than three weeks until the election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also sat down for an interview with EWTN, which claims to be the world&rsquo;s largest Catholic media organization.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the biggest zingers of the night. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3145190\/how-to-vote-dates-deadlines-know-about-before-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VOTER REGISTRATION AND EARLY VOTING: KEY DATES AND DEADLINES IN THE 2024 ELECTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump teases Eric Adams over indictments<\/h2>\n<p>From the very beginning of his speech, Trump landed jokes on Adams, who is facing a five-count indictment including bribery and fraud. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor Adams, good luck with everything,&rdquo; Trump said drawing laughs. &ldquo;They went after you Mayor. Boy, I knew that. Nine and a half months ago, I said &hellip; he&rsquo;s going to be indicted any moment, and guess what happened?&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>He then predicted that Adams would beat the charges. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re going to win, I think you&rsquo;re going to win. I know you&rsquo;re going to win. So good luck,&rdquo; Trump added. <\/p>\n<p>The former president also teased Adams that he understands what it&rsquo;s like to face multiple indictments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And these days, it&rsquo;s really a pleasure [to be] anywhere in New York without a subpoena for my appearance,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;Any time I don&rsquo;t get a subpoena, I&rsquo;m very happy. They&rsquo;ve gone after me, Mr. Mayor. And your peanuts compared to what they&rsquo;ve done to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump says Harris is missing event for &lsquo;communion&rsquo; with Whitmer <\/h2>\n<p>Trump made sure to repeatedly attack Harris for snubbing the charity dinner, calling it &ldquo;very disrespectful.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>But he did find the humor in Harris&rsquo;s absence. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really wanted Vice President Harris to accept your invitation, I guess you should have told her the funds were going to bail out the looters and riders in Minneapolis, and she would have been here guaranteed,&rdquo; Trump said referencing the Black Lives Matter protest of 2020. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t think Kamala has given up yet. She hasn&rsquo;t. Instead of attending tonight, she&rsquo;s in Michigan receiving Communion from Gretchen Whitmer,&rdquo; Trump also said referring to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3185803\/whitmer-accused-anti-catholic-bigotry-chip-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>controversial video<\/a> of Whitmer feeding a kneeling Liz Plank Doritos in a manner reminiscent of the Catholic practice of Eucharist. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The last Democrat not to attend this important event was Walter Mondale, and it did not go very well for him. He lost 49 states and he won one: Minnesota. So I said, There&rsquo;s no way I&rsquo;m missing it,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;He was expected to do well, and it didn&rsquo;t work out. It shows you there is a God.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump&rsquo;s woke joke towards Schumer <\/h2>\n<p>Harris wasn&rsquo;t the only Democrat Trump took shots at. <\/p>\n<p>He also went after Schumer, a fellow New Yorker, for the Democratic Party&rsquo;s &ldquo;woke&rdquo; ideology. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The press is reporting the Democrats are starting to panic,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Chuck Schumer is here looking very glum.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But look on the bright side, Chuck, considering how woke your party has become, if Kamala loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president,&rdquo; Trump said. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump knocks Walz over his misstatements <\/h2>\n<p>The former president also had room to make jokes at Harris&rsquo;s running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most recently, Jim has been playing Tim Walz on Saturday Night Live, and that&rsquo;ll be a very short gig,&rdquo; Trump said referencing Gaffigan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s see how that lasts. It better be quick,&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want him, and I&rsquo;m not going to say anymore, but unfortunately, Gov. Walz is in here himself. But don&rsquo;t worry, he&rsquo;ll say that he was.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I used to think the Democrats were crazy for saying that men have periods. But then I met Tim Walz,&rdquo; Trump went on. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was poking fun at several instances where Walz said he was a &ldquo;knucklehead&rdquo; after reports showed that he didn&rsquo;t visit China&rsquo;s Tiananmen Square in 1989. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump doesn&rsquo;t make a self-deprecating joke <\/h2>\n<p>Despite his successful jokes against Democrats, Trump declined to make fun of himself. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening. So here it goes: Nope, I&rsquo;ve got nothing. There&rsquo;s nothing to say,&rdquo; said Trump. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess I just don&rsquo;t see the point of taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a hell of a long time,&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump makes a nanny joke at Doug Emhoff&rsquo;s expense<\/h2>\n<p>The former president also made sure to include some jokes referencing second gentleman Doug Emhoff impregnating his nanny while married to his first wife before Harris. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A major issue in this race is child care, and Kamala has put forward a concept of a plan. A lot of people don&rsquo;t like it,&rdquo; Trump started. &ldquo;The only piece of advice I would have for her in the event that she wins would be not to let her husband, Doug, anywhere near the nannies. Just keep them away.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hear that Kamala and her husband carve out some really beautiful alone time at the end of the day,&rdquo; Trump began in another second taking on Emhoff. &ldquo;Just Doug, her, and the teleprompter that she uses quite well. And by the way, she wouldn&rsquo;t have liked this tonight if she was told about no teleprompter.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harris dings Trump&rsquo;s Detroit comments <\/h2>\n<p>The pre-recorded Harris video featured the actress Molly Shannon, in a reprisal of her &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; character Mary Katherine Gallagher. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0fT98PV3Bm0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Smith Dinner | Harris-Walz 2024\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fT98PV3Bm0?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shannon joked that Jesus would fact-check the dinner and warned Harris not to make fun of Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would never do that no matter where I was,&rdquo; Harris responded, before taking a shot at Trump&rsquo;s comments criticizing the Motor City last week. &ldquo;That would be like criticizing Detroit in Detroit.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1838171\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838171\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump delivers jabs at Al Smith dinner; Harris skips to campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2356473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-Al-Smith-Dinner.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43258,41709,32438,32603,3634],"class_list":["post-2356472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2023-events","tag-al-smith-dinner","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-Al-Smith-Dinner.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}