Trump Bashes Catholics Voting for Harris: ‘Should Have Their Head Examined’

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Former President Donald Trump criticized American Catholics who plan on voting for Vice President Kamala Harris, saying that they need a brain exam of some kind.

In a Monday post on Truth Social, Trump announced he will attend the Al Smith Dinner in New York, as is custom for the two major party nominees in an election year, though Harris is not attending. Smith, a Democrat, was governor of New York in the 1920s and was the first Catholic to be nominated for president by a major party. He lost the 1928 election at a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was a substantial factor in U.S. electoral politics.

At the 2020 Al Smith Dinner, which was held virtually because of the pandemic, Trump slammed the Democratic Party as “anti-Catholic.”

On Monday, he tried a different tack by going after Catholics who will vote for the Democratic nominee:

We know the Spirit of Al Smith, the first Catholic Nominee of a Major Party, and John F. Kennedy, the FIRST Catholic President, will be in the room with us that night. It was a virtual event in 2020, and I was delighted to speak to our Catholic friends that day and, of course, it was a HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL evening in 2016 when we were there in person with Crooked Hillary Clinton. The reviews of my remarks were TREMENDOUS. It’s sad, but not surprising, that Kamala has decided not to attend. I don’t know what she has against our Catholic friends, but it must be a lot, because she certainly hasn’t been very nice to them, in fact, Catholics are literally being persecuted by this Administration. Any Catholic that votes for Comrade Kamala Harris should have their head examined….

Trump expressed similar frustration toward Catholics in July when he said, “I don’t know how a Catholic can vote for the Democrats.”

The ex-president has said the same thing – repeatedly – about Jews who vote for Democrats, stating they should also have their heads examined. Last week, he upped the ante by claiming that if he loses, Jews will be largely to blame.