{"id":2356675,"date":"2024-10-18T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardinal-dolan-appears-to-take-subtle-shot-at-kamala-harris-in-al-smith-dinner-closing-prayer\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T12:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:25:33","slug":"cardinal-dolan-appears-to-take-subtle-shot-at-kamala-harris-in-al-smith-dinner-closing-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardinal-dolan-appears-to-take-subtle-shot-at-kamala-harris-in-al-smith-dinner-closing-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Dolan Appears to Take Subtle Shot at Kamala Harris in Al Smith Dinner Closing Prayer"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcardinal-dolan-appears-to-take-subtle-shot-at-kamala-harris-in-al-smith-dinner-closing-prayer%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=2356675&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>During the recent Al Smith\u200c Dinner \u200cin\u2063 New York City, Vice President \u200cKamala\u200c Harris was notably absent, which some \u200dcommentators perceived\u200d as a subtle critique. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who \u200dconcluded the event\u2062 with a prayer, acknowledged Donald Trump and\u200c his wife but did not mention Harris, who participated via video. This omission drew attention, especially since the dinner is\u200d a traditional charity\u200c event that Harris\u2063 had skipped, which Trump sarcastically exploited \u2062in his speech. He suggested that if Harris knew the funds were aimed at bailing \u2062out \u200brioters, she would have surely attended.<\/p>\n<p>During his\u200d remarks, Trump took jabs at Harris, mocked her and President Biden&#8217;s \u200dmental faculties, and made jokes about her absence. He also made \u2064light of Governor Tim Walz&#8217;s attendance issues in a tongue-in-cheek remark, \u200dindicating that Harris&#8217;s absence was a shocking deviation from the norm\u2064 at such events. The dinner raised funds for Catholic charities, making Harris&#8217;s absence more conspicuous, as \u2064such an event\u2063 typically garners participation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-white-house-adviser-worked-for-pfizer-before-joining-biden-admin-disclosure\/\" title=\"Top White House Adviser Worked for Pfizer Before Joining Biden Admin: Disclosure\">major political figures<\/a>. The incident demonstrates the tensions and dynamics within the \u2064political landscape, particularly between the Trump campaign and the Democratic \u200dparty.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On an evening filled with zingers, what some commentators saw as a subtle criticism of Vice President Kamala Harris closed Thursday night&rsquo;s Al Smith Dinner in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Timothy Dolan closed the event with a prayer that thanked former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/savage-roasts-yet-trump-brutalizes-absent-kamala-doug-emhoff-tim-walz-front-powerful-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, for attending, but made no mention of Harris, who sent a video to the dinner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hopefully, someone with reach catches this:<br \/> But Cardinal Dolan did not thank or mention VP Harris in his prayer at the end of the event<\/p>\n<p>CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec?\">@JackPosobiec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg?\">@CollinRugg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich?\">@Cernovich<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx?\">@alx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amuse?\">@amuse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AAVZlXDGfO\">pic.twitter.com\/AAVZlXDGfO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Russell (@RussellM__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussellM__\/status\/1847101987030290850?\">October 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dolan had expressed disappointment that Harris did not attend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-gaffigan-humiliates-kamala-democratic-colleagues-reminds-harris-really-became-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the dinner<\/a>, which raises funds for Catholic charities in the New York City region, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/17\/us-news\/donald-trump-roasts-crowd-at-nycs-al-smith-charity-dinner-rips-kamala-harris-for-skipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>He noted in one interview that he was amazed Harris did not attend.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really thought, and I tried to press this, Jim, with their people. This is literally up her alley,&rdquo; Dolan said. &ldquo;I mean, here you got somebody talking about, &lsquo;Oh, can&rsquo;t we bring amity and unity?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;Watch Cardinal Dolan&rsquo;s reaction to Kamala Harris refusing to attend the Al Smith dinner and how Chuck Schumer is claiming it wasn&rsquo;t even Kamala&rsquo;s decision &mdash; it was her staff&rsquo;s:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not used to this, we don&rsquo;t know how to handle it. This hasn&rsquo;t happened in 40 years since&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yNPE62jrl0\">https:\/\/t.co\/yNPE62jrl0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oAKnx30ZTa\">pic.twitter.com\/oAKnx30ZTa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortesSteve\/status\/1838551916197941274?\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Trump spoke, he offered his own reason why Harris turned down the charity event, which had not been skipped by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">presidential candidate<\/a> since Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale did so in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess you should have told her the funds were going to bail out the looters and rioters in Minneapolis, and she would have been here guaranteed,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Harris was &ldquo;receiving Communion from Gretchen Whitmer,&rdquo; referring to a video in which Whitmer fed a Dorito to a podcaster who took it on her knees. The video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gretchen-whitmer-accused-mocking-billions-christians-pro-kamala-communion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infuriated<\/a> many Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also called Harris &ldquo;disrespectful to Catholics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During his speech, Trump joked, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-savagely-roasts-absent-kamala-doug-emhoff-and-tim-walz-during-alfred-e-smith-memorial-foundation-dinner\/\" title=\"Watch: Trump Savagely Roasts Absent Kamala, Doug Emhoff, and Tim Walz During Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner\">group called &#038;lsquo<\/a>;White Dudes for Harris,&rsquo; but I&rsquo;m not worried about them. Their wives and their wives&rsquo; lovers are voting for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump fired off one-liners about Harris and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kamala-harris-scrambles-tries-escape-questions-biden-tense-interview-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/18\/politics\/trump-al-smith-harris-wisconsin\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Right now, we have someone in the White House who can barely talk, barely put together two coherent sentences, who seems to have the mental faculties of a child. There&rsquo;s a person that has nothing going. No intelligence whatsoever,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the punch line: &ldquo;But enough about Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-makes-mistake-may-come-back-bite-firing-shot-jd-vances-life-growing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a> of Minnesota came in for a dig, as well, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/jim-gaffigan-al-smith-dinner-trump-james-b2631638.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, Gov. Walz isn&rsquo;t here himself but don&rsquo;t worry, he&rsquo;ll say that he was,&rdquo; Trump said, referring to inaccuracies that have been exposed since Walz was picked as Harris&rsquo;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I must say, I was shocked when I heard that Kamala was skipping the Al Smith dinner,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d really hoped that she would come, because we can&rsquo;t get enough of hearing her beautiful laugh. She laughs like crazy. 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While Dolan expressed gratitude to former President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, he notably did not mention Harris, who participated via video. Dolan had previously voiced disappointment over Harris&#8217;s absence from the charity event aimed at supporting Catholic charities in the New York area. He remarked on how surprising it was that she chose not to attend, given the event&#8217;s focus on unity and goodwill. <\/p>\n<p>Trump also weighed in during his speech, suggesting that if Harris had known the funds were intended for bailouts related to unrest in Minneapolis, she would have attended. He criticized her for being &#8220;disrespectful to Catholics&#8221; and made jokes about both her and President Biden\u2019s capabilities. Trump&#8217;s comments included quips about Harris\u2019s laughter and referenced inaccuracies surrounding Minnesota Governor Tim Walz\u2019s attendance claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cardinal-Dolan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[41709,43285,32438],"class_list":["post-2356675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-al-smith-dinner","tag-cardinal-dolan","tag-kamala-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cardinal-Dolan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356675","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}