Posted on 10/02/2020 11:27:08 AM PDT by SJackson
President Trump made an explicit appeal for Catholic votes Thursday evening while claiming anti-Catholic bigotry “predominates” the Democratic Party.
Trump delivered the broadside remotely in pre-taped remarks streamed into the Archdiocese of New York’s Al Smith 75th annual fundraiser — a traditional dinner that was turned into an unprecedented virtual event because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump labeled the Democratic Party as anti-Catholic just moments after his Democratic rival for the presidency, former Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, spoke.
Trump praised former New York Gov. Al Smith, a Democrat and first Catholic to run for president as a “happy warrior” who battled “anti-Catholic prejudice that you see even today coming from the Democrat Party.”
Trump, a Republican who is locked in a tough re-election battle and trailing in national and many battleground polls, repeated his Democrats are anti-Catholic accusation while discussing his nomination of federal appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic, to the Supreme Court.
“We will not stand for any attacks against Judge Barrett’s faith,” he said.
“Anti-Catholic bigotry has absolutely no place in the United States of America. It predominates in the Democrat Party and we must do something immediately about it — like a Republican win. And let’s make it a really big one.”
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Everyone does that roasting fun kind of speech at Al Smith. This year was not humorous. That’s not a sign of civility, it’s a sign of enemies squaring off.
The communists feel like they are extremely close to grabbing the permanent power they’ve always wanted. Be ready for anything people.
They showed clips on hannity last night.
These communists , the losers , the socialist leader the Bernie Bots , these incredible lame loser America haters - are gonna have a serious comeuppance on November 3 you just watch
True Americans and fence sitters are going to come out in droves for our great and wonderful president I love this nation
It’s not even going to be close I keep saying it’s going to be 1984 or 1972 again
Elections have all been very close since 1984 but the Democrats have never known a will never know a complete blowout since Roosevelts blowout in 1936 when he was so cocky that he decided to try to pack the court
LOL! Good times.
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