Posted on 09/25/2024 3:05:00 AM PDT by Libloather
Cardinal Timothy Dolan slammed Kamala Harris' surprise move to skip the annual Al Smith dinner, while sending a warning about the last candidate who sat it out.
The dinner benefitting Catholic Charities traditionally has been used to promote collegiality and good humor, with presidential candidates from both parties appearing on the same night and trading barbs.
Donald Trump has attended the dinner in both 2016 and 2020, while Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden - albeit online - also attended when running for president.
Dolan, the Archbishop of New York City, said he was 'disappointed' in Harris' decision to instead campaign in a battleground state less than three weeks before Election Day.
'We were looking forward to giving the vice president an enthusiastic welcome, and we were confident that she would find this – you know, she speaks very much about high ideals and how it's good to get away from division and come together in unity and all,' he said.
He then made a troubling historical point about the last time a Democrat told them no.
'We’re not used to this. We don’t know how to handle it. This hasn’t happened in 40 years, since Walter Mondale turned down the invitation. And remember, he lost 49 out of 50 states. I don't want to say there's a direct connection there, but … we're not giving up,' Dolan said.
The cardinal, who plays a prominent role in the dinner, has been highly critical of Democrats, writing a 2018 Wall Street Journal op-ed that carried the headline, 'The Democrats Abandon Catholics.'
Harris' team wants her to spend as much time as possible in the battleground states that will decide the election rather than heavily Democratic New York, a campaign official said Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss campaign plans...
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“”””This hasn’t happened in 40 years, since Walter Mondale turned down the invitation. And remember, he lost 49 out of 50 states.””””
‘Are you better off now than four years ago?’ MONDALE and KAMALA both have that in common.
I was watching some interviews of Harris when she was running in the primaries over 4 years ago. She seemed lucid and logical in her replies and no insane cackling. It was in a friendly venue but questions were asked about policy and she gave well versed replys.
Today she is totally different. I saw her on TV a couple of weeks ago and she seemed either drunk or high. Something is not right with her.
The democrats have been perfecting the steal for decades they didn’t use it for Hillary because even the democrat cabal didn’t want Hillary. Kamala is unlikeable too.
You think way too much of New Yorkers.
“””I was watching some interviews of Harris when she was running in the primaries over 4 years ago. She seemed lucid and logical in her replies and no insane cackling. It was in a friendly venue but questions were asked about policy and she gave well versed replys.
Today she is totally different. I saw her on TV a couple of weeks ago and she seemed either drunk or high. Something is not right with her.”””
I have the same recollections of Kamala before she became VP.
It’s, as if, she was hit by a bolt of dumbness in 2021.
She’s likely fearing the effects of Holy Water and chooses to stay completely away from any Catholic event.
Harris is so anti Catholic she might burst into flames at that event.
I’ve been forecasting that Trump equals or exceeds Reagan’s 1984 vote totals. Looks like I’m correct. HALLELUJAH!
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