October 17 2024
For the first time since 1984, a presidential candidate has declined the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner. Why? Her radical policies are fundamentally at odds with Catholic teachings, and her history of anti-Catholic rhetoric has further alienated this crucial voting bloc.
She is SO radical and her Catholic hate permeates SO much of her campaign, that recent polling reveals that 50 percent of Catholics in battleground states support President Trump.
By not attending the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner, she’s sending a powerful message to Catholics: That they aren’t welcome in her coalition. The dinner, a long-standing tradition benefiting Catholic Charities, has seen every presidential candidate accept the invitation—until now.
Kamala Harris Boycott’s Catholic Charity Dinner, Continuing Her Anti-Catholic Campaign: Harris’s record speaks for itself. She has repeatedly targeted Catholic institutions and individuals with policies and rhetoric that stand in direct contrast to Catholics' core beliefs.
Additionally, she:
- Kamala Harris has repeatedly attacked the Knights of Columbus, the largest Catholic fraternal organization with over 2 million members and $1.5 billion raised for charity in the past decade.
- She led a bigoted campaign against Brian Buescher's nomination to the U.S. District Court for Nebraska, citing his faith as a Catholic as a disqualifying factor in her eyes.
- She sponsored legislation aimed at shutting down charitable Catholic organizations like the Little Sisters of the Poor for refusing to conform to radical leftist beliefs on gender identity.
- Harris supported the Equality Act, which would force religious institutions, including churches, to compromise their core beliefs or lose their religious rights.
- As California attorney general, she got a law passed requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to "promote abortion,"—many of which are Catholic or Christian—undermining their faith-based mission.
- In 2015, Kamala Harris used her power as California attorney general to put six Catholic hospitals out of business.
BOTTOM LINE: Harris' absence from the Al Smith Dinner and abandonment of Catholic families will result in Catholics abandoning her on November 5th. President Donald Trump has and will continue to listen to and fight for ALL Americans; that's the difference. President Trump's mission is to protect the freedom of every individual to practice their faith.
Under President Trump’s leadership, our nation saw remarkable support for religious freedom, restored protections for faith-based organizations and strengthened the rights of religious institutions against government overreach.