NEW YORK – Amid executives, journalists and current and former political allies and adversaries, former President Donald Trump used the podium at the 79th Al Smith dinner on Oct. 17 to highlight Vice President Kamala Harris’ “deeply disrespectful” decision to skip the event in address filled with personal attacks and barbs, in which he also vied for the Catholic vote.
Harris, meanwhile, in a video address to the attendees, revived a decades old comedy film in a skit before speaking on the good work and sense of hope the Church provides, and the need to “recommit to reaching across divides, to seek understanding and common ground”.
