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

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

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"The media won't cover this."

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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.