Trump delivers profanity, below-the-belt digs at Catholic charity banquet

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

Trump delivers profanity, below-the-belt digs at Catholic charity banquet
The only person off limits for Trump's roast was himself


Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York on Thursday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

By Marianne LeVine and Isaac Arnsdorf
October 17, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. EDT

NEW YORK -- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used his remarks at a Catholic charity banquet here on Thursday to skewer prominent Democrats, often in off-color terms.

He mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris's name and said she had "no intelligence whatsoever." He made fun of her husband, Doug Emhoff, for an affair he acknowledged during a previous marriage.

He questioned the manhood of Harris's running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), at the same time belittling transgender people. He tendentiously emphasized former president Barack Obama's middle name of Hussein, as he often does at his rallies, and used profanity to disparage former New York mayor Bill de Blasio.

The only person off limits for Trump was himself. ... "Tradition holds that I'm supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening," he said. "So here it goes. ... Nope. I've got nothing. I've got nothing. There's nothing to say."

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By Marianne LeVine
Marianne LeVine is a national political reporter for The Washington Post.follow on X @marianne_levine

By Isaac Arnsdorf
Isaac Arnsdorf is a national political reporter covering the Trump campaign. His first book, "Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy," was published in 2024.follow on X iarnsdorf

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/trump-harris-al-smith-dinner/

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"The media won't cover this."

https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2p6bHNiR0RCSHV1V1Z5R283cDBDZ0FQAQ?hlen-US&glUS&ceidUS%3Aen

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Best, Worst and Most Awkward Lines at the Al Smith Dinner
Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris both delivered remarks, Ms. Harris via taped video and Mr. Trump in person in a ballroom in Manhattan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/politics/trump-harris-al-smith-dinner.html

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If you can stand it:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?539275-1/president-trump-2024-alfred-e-smith-memorial-dinner

Michael Bloomberg looks as if he wants to turn around and strangle Trump.

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Gift link ❤️

https://wapo.st/4eNDTHk

[No Vested Interest]

2. I loved the Jim Gaffigan monologue - always some great lines from Gaffigan

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Editorial: Cardinal Dolan's 'Al Smith dinner' disappointment is misdirected

Editorial: Cardinal Dolan's 'Al Smith dinner' disappointment is misdirected
National Catholic Reporter
October 7th, 2024
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-cardinal-dolans-al-smith-dinner-disappointment-misdirected

Do the cardinal and ( ) have a bromance?
This writing implies it.
What do you think?

❤️pants

[littlemissmartypants]

4. NYTimes archive link:

https://archive.ph/oIOqh

❤️pants

[moniss]

5. Is that Bartiromo

up in the top right corner?

[marybourg]

9. I don't know what she looks like, but they did

announce her name, so probably is.

[LymphocyteLover]

17. looks like her to me

[msongs]

6. so did all those churchaholics laff it up? nt

[claudette]

8. Shame on them

[claudette]

7. Shows how far

the Catholic Church has fallen in disgrace to allow this nasty vulgar convicted felon to speak that way. Glad I left it years ago

[Grokenstein]

10. The biggest hypocrite at a dinner devoted to them.

He made fun of her husband, Doug Emhoff, for an affair he acknowledged during a previous marriage.

How's the latest Stormy Daniels scandal going, you incestuous pedophile serial adulterer and rapist.

[SunSeeker]

11. This, from the same Archdiocese who wouldn't let Bill Clinton speak in 1996!

In 1996, the Archdiocese of New York decided not to invite then-President Bill Clinton and his Republican challenger, Bob Dole, reportedly because Clinton vetoed a late-term abortion ban.

Fuck these hypocritical assholes.

[IcyPeas]

12. $880 million sex abuse settlement by LA Archdiocese brings total payout amount to $1.5 billion

Also in the news today:

More than $1.5 billion has been paid out by the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles for sex abuse claims after it recently reached a $880 settlement with victims.

● The Archdiocese of Los Angeles had previously paid $740 million to victims in various settlements, bringing the total payout to over $1.5 billion.

● Archdiocesan officials have said the church has made great strides to prevent abuse.

● More than 300 priests who worked in the archdiocese in Los Angeles have been accused in public records of sexually abusing minors.

In what could be the closing chapter in a landmark legal battle, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades in the largest settlement involving the Catholic Church.

Attorneys for 1,353 people who allege that they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of local Catholic priests reached the settlement after months of negotiations with the archdiocese. The agreement caps a quarter-century of litigation against the most populous archdiocese in the United States

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[Retrograde]

23. Closer to home, the diocese of Buffalo

which iirc is under Dolan, has been embroiled in a number of sexual abuse cases for over a decade and has been selling off assets - ie churches- to cover legal and other expenses

[Marthe48]

13. On the upside traitor looks like crap

n/t

[maxrandb]

14. The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Fund should pay a price for this

There's a lot of much more worthy charities to donate to.

Nothing will change! The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy UNPROFITABLE to the businesses, corporations and individuals that fund and enable it.

Millions of donations to this "charity" should be cancelled and revoked TODAY!

[3Hotdogs]

16. Did his Cardinalship apologize to the audience after Anal Fistula finished?

----didn't think so.

[C0RI0LANUS]

15. Why was this convicted felon who stole from his own charity be even invited to a charity event?

[hatrack]

18. Sociopathic wannabe Hitler addresses Global Child-Fucking Association charity event . . . .

Yeah, nah.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. So he did his usual hateful schtick and it's supposed to be funny? Damn, he is just the worst.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. Here's the happy couple:

Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

Trump Lobs Insults And Profanity At Catholic Dinner
October 18, 2024

https://www.joemygod.com/2024/10/trump-lobs-insults-and-profanity-at-catholic-dinner/

Melania finally made a public appearance with her beloved husband tonight. Just a couple of love birds having a great time.

Link to tweet

[Emrys]

25. Looks familiar:

[MorbidButterflyTat]

21. Robert Kraft

New England Patriots owner and user of under age, sex trafficked Asian girls, looks relieved no one is paying attention to him.

The guy in the red beanie looks like he's in love.

[róisín_dubh]

22. As a recovering Catholic...

this is precisely the sort of shit that makes me glad I walked away from the Church when I was a teenager.
I'm also relieved my dearly departed, fiercely Catholic, Irish-American nan is no longer around to witness this garbage. She'd be so ashamed.

[Mz Pip]

24. Look at Dolan

Such a sycophant.

[Klarkashton]

26. Id guess that whatever money was raised for "charity"

Will go to pay off abuse claims.

They can all go to the hell they threaten everybody with.

[Blue_Roses]

27. I hate these pay walls

n/t

[orangecrush]

28. The Catholic extreme right

Is the worst.