American Catholics sounded off after Kamala Harris decided to skip Thursday night’s Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, an event that raises money for Catholic charities and is typically attended by both major presidential candidates.
“Kamala Harris’ snub of the Al Smith dinner is insulting, though unsurprising, considering her track record of hostility towards Catholics and people of faith,” Brian Burch, president of the Catholic Vote organization, told the Daily Caller.
Harris’ absence made her the first major party candidate to skip the event since Walter Mondale in 1984, a fact former President Trump highlighted in his remarks.
“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,” Trump remarked.
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