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Trump showed. Kamala didn’t.
During Thursday night’s 79th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, former President Donald Trump cracked a few jokes at the expense of opponent Kamala Harris whose only contribution to the night was a pre-tapped message featuring former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Molly Shannon as the character of Catholic student Mary Katherine Gallagher.
“If you 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 rioters in Minneapolis, and she would have been here, guaranteed. She would have been guaranteed,” Trump said, taking a jab at Harris, citing her promotion of a bail fund during the riots of 2020.
“I must say I was shocked when I heard that Kamala was skipping the Al Smith dinner. I’d really hoped that you would come, because we can’t get enough of hearing her beautiful laugh. She laughs like crazy,” Trump joked at another point of Harris.
The Kamala Harris campaign previously told Fox News that Harris was skipping the event to focus on campaigning in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday.
“The Vice President is going to be campaigning in a battleground state that day, and the campaign wants to maximize her time in the battlegrounds this close to the election. Her team also told the organizers that she would very much like to attend their event as President. This would make her one of the first sitting Presidents to attend,” the campaign said.
Trump blasted Kamala for no-showing the event on TRUTH Social.
“Just found out that Lyin’ Kamala is doing a video message tonight instead of being at the Al Smith Dinner. She shouldn’t be allowed to do a video message. Kamala should be there like almost every other Presidential Candidate in their History, except Walter Mondale, who lost 49-1. They didn’t give me the option of a video message, nor would I have done it. This is very disrespectful to everyone involved. She should be here, or lose the Catholic Vote!” Trump posted.
During Trump’s speech, he even made light of the recent attempts on his life.
“Tradition holds that I’m supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening. So here it goes. Nope. I’ve got nothing. I’ve got nothing. There’s nothing to say. I guess I just don’t see the point of taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a hell of a long time,” he joked.
Conservative commentator Collin Rugg put together Trump’s top 5 jokes of the evening.
Donald Trump held nothing back at the Al Smith dinner in New York, even joking about Kamala Harris’ husband’s “nanny issue.”
Here are his top jokes of the night:
5. Trump said he didn’t realize men could get periods until he saw Tim Walz.
4. Trump says he has to wrap up his… pic.twitter.com/tQq9Hu5143
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 18, 2024
Watch Trump’s full speech above. More over at Fox News:
‘I WAS SHOCKED’: Former President Trump poked fun at Vice President Harris during the annual bipartisan Al Smith dinner, which the VP did not attend. https://t.co/WFEfx1FQKE pic.twitter.com/JChOlf95Zo
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 18, 2024