Last year’s Al Smith Dinner Raised a record $7 million Among the many worthy charities benefiting from this 79th annual event is funding Catholic schools and pediatric health care for needy children in central New York City.
Priests and bishops from all over the world attend each year, as well as notable figures from New York society. A prominent New York Democrat says: senator chuck chumer will also participate.
In fact, the political importance of this banquet is such that since 1984, every Democratic and Republican presidential candidate has received a set of roast-style speeches and combinations just weeks before the quadrennial presidential vote. I ended up attending a serious fundraising night.
Until now.
vice president kamala harris I ignored your event invitationCardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, called the rejection “unfortunate.” wall street journal Author Peggy Noonan — A fierce critic of former President Donald Trump — I wrote No matter what Harris thinks about the institutional Catholic Church; al smith dinner It exists to raise money to feed the hungry, educate children, heal the sick, and house immigrants. ” Noonan went on to say that American Catholics, “populating 70 million people, are notable decision-makers in national politics, supporting Joe Biden in 2020 and Donald Trump in 2016.” pointed out.
There is a point to this point that Catholics choose the president. Because for decades, American Catholics have been the very definition of a true floating voter. Catholics continued to vote for half a centuryPresidential winner in all but one contest. The exception was the extremely close race in 2000 between Al Gore and the eventual winner, George W. Bush.
The Catholic vote in 2020 was split almost evenly between then-President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden. But crucially, Catholics in 2020 changed significantly in response to President Trump compared to his performance in 2016. According to voter surveys of election results reviewed by Pew Research.In 2016, Trump received a windfall as a Catholic. They won the group by an 8 percentage point margin, 52-44%. This large difference turned out to be especially important in swing states with large Catholic populations, such as Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
There are now significant signs that the Catholic vote, a crucial swing vote, will return to the 45th president rather than Harris. For example, in the battleground state of Wisconsin, the latest poll released by American Greatness shows: Among Catholics, Trump holds a commanding 15% lead over Harris (53-38%).. In Wisconsin, the overall odds of winning the election are tied at 47% to 47%, respectively, according to the same poll. The Badger State’s large Catholic population could therefore favor Mr. Trump in a very close race.
In Georgia, a battleground state with a growing Catholic population, Trump’s lead among Catholics grows to 23%. Like Wisconsin, TIPP Insights Survey indicates the overall race is tied in the Peach State, so a large number of Catholic votes could be decisive.
Harris’s disdain for Al Smith’s events may just be the motivation for Catholics to recognize her unfortunate and longstanding disdain for Catholics. After all, as a senator, I wondered if she was actually a candidate for federal attorney general. Could be on the federal bench simply He is a faithful Catholic and belongs to the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal service organization.
Thankfully, President Trump will be there to celebrate Catholics, have some laughs, and raise some serious funds for desperately needed projects across the country. Given the inflationary calamity caused by the Harris-Biden administration, demand for such services, from Catholic school tuition assistance to food bank donations of staples to poor American families, has soared.
Voters report: They “got better” under the Trump administration by about a 2/1 margin.The latest poll from TIPP Insight in the battleground state of Nevada shows it at 60% to 33%. For staunchly Catholic voters, the anti-Kamala Harris case combines their economic insecurity with the deep contempt she has shown for a community of tens of millions of religious and patriotic Americans. are.
Brian Birch is the president of CatholicVote, the nation’s largest lay Catholic advocacy group.
Steve Cortez is a former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, a former commentator on FOX News and CNN, and president of the American Federation of Labor.
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