Former President Donald Trump was the sole-featured speaker at the 79th annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York after Vice President Kamala Harris declined an invitation to speak, choosing instead to continue on the campaign stump in Wisconsin.

Trump repeatedly referenced Harris’s absence at the white-tie bipartisan dinner, his third time speaking at the event. Comedian Jim Gaffigan emceed the event and has recently played Harris’s running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), on Saturday Night Live, while Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, hosted the event.

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