Vice President Kamala Harris insisted she would never say anything negative about Catholics in a video played Thursday night during the annual Al Smith Dinner. But Harris and the Biden administration have a pattern of targeting Catholics.
She was the first presidential candidate since Walter Mondale to skip a Catholic Charities event, the Daily Caller News Foundation first reported. Harris submitted a prerecorded video, but President Trump attended the dinner in person.
The video featured former “Saturday Night Live” star Molly Shannon playing a Catholic high school girl in a skit, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. Shannon’s character advised Harris not to say anything negative about Catholics. (Related: ‘A worrying new agenda’: Catholic group warns Harris is not a ‘lesser evil’)
“I would never do that, no matter where I am,” Harris replied. “That’s like criticizing Detroit.” – In Detroit. ”
What did you think of Kamala’s pre-recorded video appearance at last night’s Al Smith Dinner? pic.twitter.com/aMf0mF73sd
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 18, 2024
But Harris has previously targeted Catholic judicial candidates during her time in the Senate.
In 2019, Harris, then a California state senator, worked with Hawaii Democratic Sen. Maisie Hirono to induct then-Justice-appointed Brian Buescher as a member of the Knights of Columbus (KoC). Shipp, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.
Lawmakers labeled the KoC a “male-only society” with “extreme positions” on certain social issues, including abortion. This is the world’s largest Catholic aid organization. (Related: ‘The View’ co-host accuses Catholic charity dinner of normalizing Trump’s sins)
Then Sen. Harris asked Buescher if she agreed with previous statements by Supreme Knight Karl Anderson, including comments condemning abortion as “the mass murder of innocent people.” According to To Catholic News Agency.
vice president @Mike Pence Kamala Harris calls for this. #VPDebate2020 For the unfair treatment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and another judicial nominee, Brian Buescher. #prolife @kofC pic.twitter.com/DxzWldnBSQ
— SBA ProLife America (@sbaprolife) October 8, 2020
She also slammed Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh during their confirmation hearings, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. Although she specifically targeted Kavanaugh over his sexual assault allegations, the Senate Judiciary Committee report It was revealed that there was no basis for it.
Catholic News Agency also reported that Harris supports a number of issues that contradict Catholic teachings. abortion.
In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Twitchy, the Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of nuns who fought against the Obama administration’s birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act. reported.
Mr Harris deemed the decision “disgraceful”. (Stream the Daily Caller’s latest documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” here)
Shameful Supreme Court decision denying contraceptive coverage to up to 126,000 employees. https://t.co/q3Hcarm8UQ
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 8, 2020
Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required employers to provide health insurance to employees to support contraception, Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby He was not exempted, the Daily Signal reported. reported.
In fact, Xavier Becerra, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Biden-Harris administration, previously sued to strip nuns of their religious exemptions when he was California’s attorney general (Catholic News Service). noticed.
Under the Biden-Harris administration, government agencies have also targeted Catholics. (Related: Luke: President Trump sends clearest message yet to Catholics with St. Michael Post)
Last year, whistleblower and former FBI agent Kyle Serafin leaked agency memos revealing that the FBI’s Richmond field office was targeting “radical traditional Catholics (RTCs).” , the Daily Caller previously reported.
The FBI told whistleblowers in 2023 that it would conduct an “internal investigation.”
Intelligence agencies are not the only ones that appear to be targeting people of faith. of The Justice Department has also targeted many pro-life Catholics protesting abortion clinics under the Freedom of Clinic Admissions Act (FACE).
🚨New🚨
Department of Justice releases data confirming Biden/Harris administration is using FACE Act as a weapon against pro-lifers
🔗Read the full report here: https://t.co/XTAc57kK74 pic.twitter.com/D59KeAp4wo
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) July 31, 2024
The Daily Caller first reported that over the law’s 30-year history, the Biden-Harris Justice Department was responsible for more than a quarter of all prosecutions. Notably, FBI agents searched the homes of Christian pro-life activists Paul Vaughn and Mark Hawk during his administration.
Additionally, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center reportedly issued a “cease and desist” order to a group of Catholic priests days before Holy Week last year. According to to the Archdiocese of Military Service. A press release from the archdiocese said the government’s order ordered Catholic priests to “cancel any religious services.”
Several Catholics and Catholic groups condemned Harris’ virtual appearance at Al Smith’s dinner, calling it evidence of “anti-Catholic bigotry.”
Kamala Harris submitted this blasphemous video to the Al Smith Charity Dinner, mocking the Last Supper and exposing blatant anti-Catholic bigotry.
pic.twitter.com/58civHDmx7— Catholic Vote (@CatholicVote) October 18, 2024
Anti-Catholic Kamala Harris absolutely hates us Catholics, it’s that simple.
— Damian Ranger (@DamianRanger1) October 18, 2024
Kamala Harris couldn’t make it to Al Smith’s dinner party. Because all she proposes to Catholics is more late-term abortions, more arrests of peaceful pro-life protesters, and more ridicule and blasphemy.
And because she knew it would bomb.
— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) October 18, 2024
