American Catholics acquiesced after Kamala Harris decided to skip Thursday night’s Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Banquet.
“Kamala Harris’ disdain at the Al Smith Dinner is unsurprising given her history of hostility toward Catholics and people of faith, but it is insulting,” said Brian, president of Catholic Vote. Birch told the Daily Caller.
Harris’ absence makes her the first major party candidate to skip the event since Walter Mondale in 1984, a fact that former President Trump highlighted in his remarks.
“The last Democrat who didn’t attend this important event was Walter Mondale, and it didn’t turn out very well for him. He lost 49 states and won one, Minnesota.” President Trump said.
Rather than attend in person, Harris sent a prerecorded video of her and former “Saturday Night Live” star Molly Shannon, in which Shannon played Catholic high school girl character Mary Katherine Gallagher. was replayed.
Matthew Regner, a Texas-based Catholic, told the Daily Caller: “I watched the video and it made me uncomfortable. Even though there were adults in the skit, I don’t think it’s possible for Catholics to be in the Biden White House.” “The idea of seeing female students alone was unsettling.”
In her video, Shannon emphasized that America needs women leaders. (Related: Al Smith’s Dinner Guests Ended Up Seeing Kamala Off-Screen – As a Cardboard Cutout in the Women’s Restroom)
“The only discussion that was made about her qualifications was not about policy or experience, but the fact that she is more considerate because she is a woman, which is an unsubstantiated claim when it comes to the video,” Regner said. he told the caller.
“It should be an insult to all women for someone to imply that the primary qualification to become the first female president is a woman’s gender, rather than her professional or academic achievements. That’s what I’m asking. is the right president for the job, not a president who has memorized the key points of DEI,” Anna Luris, a popular online Catholic commentator, told The Daily Caller.
Catholics accused her of trying to mock their faith and criticized her willingness to appear on sex-focused podcasts like “Call Her Daddy” over charity dinners.
“Rather than risk upsetting her radical, far-left base by saying she was an unscrupulous candidate, Harris chose to appear on sexually explicit podcasts and produce offensive videos mocking the Catholic faith. Catholic voters got the message that she doesn’t like what we believe and thinks she can win without us. She probably just lost her chance at the election,” Branch said.
Luris expressed a similar opinion.
“HMissing events while making time to appear on provocative shows like “Call Her Daddy” shows that she openly hates and disrespects our faith and that she is the most anti-Catholic in American history. “It was to show Catholic voters that he was a viable presidential candidate,” she said.
More than half of Catholic registered voters say they will vote for Trump in September Pew Research Center poll By comparison, Harris had just 47%.
“Her disdain for the traditional dinner party was a risky move, given Harris’ poor polling numbers among Catholic voters,” Branch said.
“It’s hard to say that if you’re a Catholic who wants to protect your faith and is well-educated in Catholic teachings, this video will not tempt you to vote for Kamala,” Regner concluded.
