Kamala Harris to skip historic Al Smith Dinner in New York before election, campaign official says | CNN Politics
CNNVice President Kamala Harris will not attend next month s Al Smith charity dinner in New York City, her campaign has told organizers, opting instead to stump in a battleground state on October 17, less than three weeks before the election.
The historic Catholic fundraiser traditionally features light roasts by the two major-party nominees aimed at one another and others in presidential election years. This fall s gathering is already sold out and poised to welcome an estimated 1,500 guests to a gala ballroom in Midtown Manhattan,
Donald Trump stunned attendees in 2016 when he abandoned the collegial banter and launched a series of personal attacks on Hillary Clinton, who in her own remarks had offered the expected round of self-deprecating humor. The affair black-tie for attendees, white-tie for the headliners is named after the first major-party Catholic presidential nominee, four-term New York Gov. Al Smith, the Democratic standard-bearer in 1928.
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Not quite sure what the Veep would say on this august occasion. Abortion jokes would be out, I’m guessing.