Archbishop of New York City Cardinal Timothy Dolan slams Kamala Harris' shock move and warns the last presidential candidate who did it 'lost 49 out of 50 states'

Cardinal Timothy Dolan slammed Kamala Harris' astonishment determination to skip the yearly Al Smith dinner, portion sending a informing astir the past campaigner who sat it out. 

The meal benefitting Catholic Charities traditionally has been utilized to beforehand collegiality and bully humor, with statesmanlike candidates from some parties appearing connected the aforesaid nighttime and trading barbs.

Donald Trump has attended the meal successful some 2016 and 2020, portion Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden - albeit online - besides attended erstwhile moving for president.  

Dolan, the Archbishop of New York City, said helium was 'disappointed' successful Harris' determination to alternatively run successful a battleground authorities little than 3 weeks earlier Election Day.

'We were looking guardant to giving the vice president an enthusiastic welcome, and we were assured that she would find this – you know, she speaks precise overmuch astir precocious ideals and however it's bully to get distant from part and travel unneurotic successful unity and all,' helium said.

He past made a troubling humanities constituent astir Harris becoming the archetypal statesmanlike campaigner to skip the meal since Walter Mondale did successful 1984.

'And remember, helium mislaid 49 retired of 50 states. I don't privation to accidental there's a nonstop transportation there, but … we're not giving up,' Dolan continued. 

Dolan, who plays a salient relation successful the dinner, has been highly captious of Democrats, penning a 2018 Wall Street Journal op-ed that carried the headline, 'The Democrats Abandon Catholics.' 

Harris' squad wants her to walk arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable successful the battleground states that volition determine the predetermination alternatively than heavy Democratic New York, a run authoritative said Saturday, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon run plans and confirming a determination archetypal reported by CNN. 

Her squad told organizers that she would beryllium consenting to be arsenic president if she's elected, the authoritative said.

The erstwhile president and existent Republican statesmanlike nominee confirmed successful a Truth Social station connected Monday that helium would talk astatine the October 17 dinner, calling it 'sad, but not surprising' that Harris had opted not to attend. 

In his Truth Social post, Trump said Harris 'certainly hasn't been precise nice' to Catholics, saying that Catholic voters who enactment her 'should person their caput examined.' 

His 2016 quality astatine the meal invited boos erstwhile galore successful the assemblage felt helium crossed a enactment erstwhile helium called Democrat Hillary Clinton corrupt and claimed she hated Catholics.

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is named for the erstwhile New York governor, a Democrat and the archetypal Roman Catholic to beryllium nominated for president by a large enactment successful 1928. He was handily defeated by Herbert Hoover. 

It raises millions of dollars for Catholic charities and has traditionally shown that those vying to pb the federation tin get along, oregon unreal to, for 1 night.

The lawsuit has go a contented for statesmanlike candidates since Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy appeared unneurotic successful 1960. 

In 1996, the Archdiocese of New York decided not to invitation then-President Bill Clinton and his Republican challenger, Bob Dole, reportedly due to the fact that Clinton vetoed a late-term termination ban.

Trump and Joe Biden, who is Catholic, some spoke astatine the fundraiser successful 2020, erstwhile it was moved online owed to concerns astir ample gatherings spreading COVID-19. 

Amid the pandemic and economical woes, determination was nary joking and some candidates alternatively utilized their speeches to entreaty to Catholic voters.

In 2016, some Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump embraced the jovial ambiance astatine the yearly achromatic necktie fundraiser successful New York, adjacent if immoderate of their jokes fell flat. 

The brace each won laughs, immoderate reluctant and others much enthusiastic, with their scripts of puns. 

A Harris run authoritative said Catholics for Harris-Walz is moving to registry radical to ballot and get progressive successful outreach crossed the country.

 Trump's station stems successful portion from 2018 questions that then-Sen. Harris posed to a national judicial nominee astir his rank successful the Knights of Columbus, a laic Catholic fraternal organization. 

Harris asked the nominee if helium agreed with the anti-abortion views of the group´s leader, views that broadly align with the church´s stance.