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Trump jokes about Harris, calls her ‘weird’ at Al Smith dinner

At an Al Smith benefit dinner, former President Donald Trump, while listing contributions made by Catholics, took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris for her absence, saying, “Catholics, you have to vote for me. I’m here and she Are not.” She mocked Harris, saying that if organizers had told her the funds were going to protect Minneapolis rioters from the George Floyd protests in 2020, she might have received a loud applause from the audience. Trump also mentioned the last Democrat not to attend the dinner, Walter Mondale, who lost 49 states in the 1984 election, joking that he is proof that “God is there.”

Trump continued to mock Harris, repeatedly calling her “weird”, a term the Democratic campaign has used against Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance, and criticizing her decision not to attend the event, suggesting that Given that it was offensive to the Catholic community. He mocked the ancient tradition of attending the dinner, saying that if you missed “bad things are going to happen to you”, causing the crowd to laugh. Trump’s comments were warmly received, and he even shared a light-hearted moment with New York Mayor Eric Adams, humorously comparing their experiences as a target.

At one point in his speech, he suggested that President Joe Biden was thinking about returning to the presidential race, which was unclear whether it was a joke and had no basis. Similarly, he referred to Barack Obama by his middle name, Hussein, echoing the conspiracy theories he spread that suggested the former president was born in Kenya.