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Kamala Harris roasted Donald Trump with the assistance of Saturday Night Live icon Molly Shannon throughout a pre-recorded speech screened on the Al Smith charity dinner in New York City.

The vp skipped the star-studded charity dinner to marketing campaign in Wisconsin however appeared through video deal with as an alternative alongside Shannon, who reprised her “Superstar” Catholic schoolgirl character, Mary Katherine Gallagher.

In the skit, Harris took a swipe at Trump’s refusal to simply accept the 2020 election consequence and introduced up his feedback calling Detroit “a mess” in a speech on the Detroit Economic Club final week.

Harris, who’s the primary presidential candidate for a significant celebration to skip the occasion in a long time, requested Shannon’s character for her recommendation on what she ought to say in her deal with to the dinner.

“Don’t lie. Thou shall not bear false witness to why neighbor,” the comic replied.

“Indeed, especially thy neighbor’s election results,” Harris mentioned in a quip geared toward Trump.

Shannon added: “Don’t say anything negative about Catholics.”

Harris responded: “I would never do that no matter where I was. That would be like criticizing Detroit in Detroit.”

Shannon requested Harris a remaining query: “Does it bother you that Trump guy insults you all the time?”

“Oh Mary Katherine,” Harris replied. “You should never let anyone tell you who you are, you tell them who you are.”

After Shannon exited, Harris took the chance to handle the room immediately and ship a extra severe message.

“The Al Smith dinner provides a rare opportunity to set aside partisanship and come together to do some good by supporting the tremendous charitable work of the Catholic church,” she mentioned.

“In the spirit of tonight’s dinner, let us recommit to reaching across divides, to seek understanding and common ground.”

During his in-person deal with on the dinner, Trump additionally took swipes about Harris, laying into the vp’s absence.

“But I must say, I was shocked when I heard that Kamala was skipping the Al Smith dinner,” Trump mentioned. “I’d really hoped that she would come, because we can’t get enough of hearing her beautiful laugh. She laughs like crazy. We would recognize it any place in this room.”

In a extra pointed jab on the expense of Harris and President Joe Biden, Trump mentioned: “We have someone in the White House who can barely talk, barely put together two coherent sentences, who seems to have mental faculties of a child, is a person that has…no intelligence whatsoever — but enough about Kamala Harris.”

The glittering charity occasion noticed Trump and spouse Melania rubbing shoulders with pals – and avoiding foes, together with New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was sat very shut behind him. James was chargeable for bringing the $454m civil fraud case in opposition to Trump, which his crew is interesting in opposition to.

Several big-name politicians additionally attended the charity occasion. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer each attended, sitting close to the previous president.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was additionally in attendance regardless of his personal authorized woes, after he was indicted on felony expenses over an alleged bribery scheme.

Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed his face alongside his spouse Cheryl Hines at a time when he’s on the middle of a scandal with journalist Olivia Nuzzi, who was positioned on depart from New York Magazine after disclosing a “personal relationship” with him.