I wanted to tell you about last Thursday night.
And then share something fun with you…
Thanks to the generosity of a group of CV supporters, I was able to
attend the Al Smith dinner in New York City. The President was there.
Sen. Schumer, NFL owners, and many prominent New Yorkers also attended.
I was honored to sit with Ambassador George Glass, Megyn Kelly, and
other friends of CV.
The 79th annual dinner raised over $10 million for children in New York!
But you probably already know who wasn’t there: Kamala Harris.
Harris’ snub of the event has been all over the news. I will be on FOX
& Friends tomorrow morning to talk about it. My take is simple:
Catholics are getting the message.
Harris not only hates what we believe, she’s unwilling to even fake it like Joe Biden and others have in the past.
And she’s calculating she can win the presidency without winning the Catholic vote.
Psst: she can’t.
And we’re working overtime to make sure she loses.
While sitting at the dinner, I was thinking about what the Catholic
Church means for America. Yes, this was a fancy dinner with lots of
fancy people with money. But it's popular for a reason.
The dinner was named after former New York governor Al Smith who ran
for President in 1928. He was a Catholic, and he lost in a landslide –
because he was Catholic. Smith was born poor and dropped out of school
at age 13 to support his family. But he was sharp, diligent, and a hard
worker, and fought to earn four terms as governor of New York.
In 1924, Franklin Roosevelt referred to Al Smith as a “Happy Warrior” — and it stuck.
Smith lost in a landslide because of anti-Catholic bigotry in America.
Mainstream media at the time questioned whether he could be trusted to
not impose his faith. A U.S. Senator railed against Church leaders,
while promoting ex-nuns who had “escaped” the rules of the Church.
Sound familiar?
No word on whether the dissident nuns in 1928 rode on a bus.
Smith cited the constitutional prohibition of a religious test for
public office, and said he believed one could be a good Christian and a
good American at the same time.
He was right.
But not everyone agrees today.
As Senator, Kamala Harris repeated history and accused a Catholic
member of the Knights of Columbus of being disqualified for public
office. She’s pushed for laws that would force our Catholic hospitals
and charities to surrender their moral and ethical beliefs. She doesn’t
believe in religious liberty for Catholics.
In fact, Kamala Harris believes Catholicism in America is a problem.
So what’s the answer?
Happy warriors.
Happy warriors like Al Smith – willing to stand up for our Faith.
Lots of them.
I need as many happy warriors as possible for these final 17 days!
If you can chip in and help, we could use your support right now.
Brian
P.S. So…the fun part? Well, the “happy” in the “happy warrior” in us
came up with a few Al Smith jokes that President Trump could have
delivered. The dinner typically features humor and roasts.
I thought you might enjoy a few of our own:
“As we all know, my opponent got here without even winning a single
primary. She was selected in secret by a few powerful people behind
closed doors. I half expected to see white smoke when they announced
her nomination.”
“Cardinal Dolan, thank you for raising money for so many worthy causes
tonight. You bring light to the forgotten. To those cast aside. To the
people who have been lost and left behind. Sounds a lot like my
campaign for president.”
“Cardinal Dolan privately asked me for my confession. “Your Eminence,”
I said. “I follow Christ, but am not Catholic.” He said, “That’s okay
my son, are there specific sins you’d like to confess?” The pressure
was on, so I gave him my best answer: “I was born into a middle class
family…”
“I've accomplished goals few dreamed possible: I appointed a Supreme
Court that overturned Roe v. Wade and empowered states to protect life;
I ended the cycle of endless wars; I moved our Israeli embassy to
Jerusalem; and most impossible of all, I got Robert Kennedy, Jr. to
endorse the Republican for President.”
“Bobby - RFK- has been outstanding, he’s going to help me make America
healthy again. We need to improve the quality of our diet. Get the
chemicals out of our foods. And end the eating of cats and dogs.”
“In fact, Trump Derangement Syndrome is so bad that I’m the first candidate to be attacked for defending puppies and kittens.”
“This is the first time in almost a quarter century that the Democrats
don’t have a Catholic on their ticket. I guess they finally looked
around and said, “Come on, who are we kidding?”
Be a Happy Warrior and help us defeat the anti-Catholic candidate.
- Catholic Vote