Donald Trump relentlessly roasted the ‘White Dudes for Harris’ group Thursday night at Al Smith’s annual political dinner in New York City.
Taking the microphone at the glamorous Catholic charity event, Trump delivered gossip after joke, repeatedly calling out members of the crowd as well.
But ‘White Dudes for Harris’ – a coalition of white men backing the black Democratic presidential candidate – attracted the former president’s special attention.
“There’s a group called ‘White Dudes for Harris,'” he began. “But I don’t care about them at all, because their wives and their wives’ lovers vote for me.”
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump attends the 79th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City, US, on October 17, 2024.
The crowd, including the event’s host, comedian Jim Gaffigan, who was sitting just a few seats away from the former president, burst out laughing.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the ranking Democrat in Congress, who was also sitting just one seat behind Trump, did not crack a smile.
The group’s leader, Ross Morales Rocketto, responded in a post on X on Friday.
‘Last night Trump claimed that all white men who vote for Harris are idiots. “I think you’ll be surprised in November when we (and our loving wives) elect Kamala Harris as our next president,” The White Dudes for Harris leader said. aware.
The group was formed to try to counter Harris’ weakness — and Trump’s strength — with white men in the polls.
“We know that, as white guys, we have a strong, positive role to play in America’s shared future,” the group writes on its site. “We are not going to sit back and let the MAGA crowd bully other white people into voting for a hateful and divisive ideology.”
Trump criticized Harris, her running mate Tim Walz, and even mocked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Schumer had a stern face when Trump cracked his ‘White Dudes for Harris’ joke
A man wears a t-shirt that says “Old White Dudes for Harris” as he waits for Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to start a parade of decorated golf carts in support of Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The group White Dudes for Harris has more than 200,000 members.
After Trump’s jibe went viral online, the White Dudes for Harris X account responded.
‘Trump’s ex-lover is voting for (Kamala Harris),’ they wrote. “His wife is too.”
In total, the group has more than 200,000 members nationwide committed to supporting Harris.
After mocking the group, Trump then took aim at Schumer, who was sitting right next to the podium with Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.
“Chuck Schumer is here looking very sad,” Trump said, prompting the Senate majority leader to challenge him by smiling and clenching his fists.
But look on the bright side, Chuck. “Given how woke her party has become, if Kamala loses, she still has a chance to become the first female president,” Trump said, drawing laughter.
Former President Donald Trump criticized Kamala Harris for skipping Al Smith’s annual dinner in New York while surrounded by the city’s elites.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer with rare conciliatory moment with Trump
“I actually said, ‘Do you mind if I do that?’ he told the crowd. He said no, they have to do what they do. He’s a professional. He’s a professional,” Trump said of the powerful New Yorker who still exert influence in the Senate if Trump returns to the White House.
The former president largely had a quiet evening in which he captivated the bipartisan crowd, telling jokes that burned much of the political elite in New York and Washington.
The gala dinner raises millions of dollars for Catholic Charities and has traditionally offered candidates from both parties the chance to exchange light-hearted banter, poke fun at each other and prove they can get along, or at least pretend, for a night on The Straight end of the elections.
Other attendees included former New York City Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio, current Mayor Eric Adams, former New York Governor George Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and President the House, Mike Johnson.