Comic Jim Gaffigan swiped at Vice President Harris’s absence on the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York Metropolis on Thursday night time, questioning why the Democratic nominee wasn’t current.
“I’m sorry, why is Vice President Harris not here?” Gaffigan, who emceed the dinner, requested the gang.
“I mean, consider this. … This is a room full of Catholics and Jews in New York City. This is a layup for the Democratic nominee,” he added, saying that the occasion has been “referred to as the Catholic Met Gala.”
Gaffigan, who has portrayed Harris’s working mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), on “Saturday Night Live” in current weeks, predicted Catholics can be a “key demographic in every battleground state.”
Harris determined to not attend the dinner in particular person, making her the primary main presidential candidate to show down the invitation in a number of a long time. The vice chairman did ship remarks through a video through which she blasted her GOP rival, former President Trump, who was in attendance, for election denialism and his current assaults on town of Detroit.
A current Nationwide Catholic Reporter ballot discovered Trump leads Harris amongst Catholic voters in swing states, 50 % to 45 %. However the survey additionally revealed Harris outpaced Trump amongst Latino and Black Catholic voters, with 67 % of Latino Catholics and 77 % of Black Catholics backing her.
Trump, who did attend the occasion, additionally criticized his Democratic rival for not making an look.
“My opponent seems like she doesn’t must be right here, which is deeply disrespectful to the occasion, and specifically to our nice Catholic group. Very disrespectful,” Trump stated to applause.
Gaffigan additionally talked about President Biden’s absence.
“Of course, Joe Biden was our second Catholic president, after JFK. President Biden could not be here tonight — the DNC made sure of that,” he stated, referencing the president’s choice to drop out of the race earlier this 12 months amid stress from the Democratic Occasion.
