Dolan Defends Al Smith Dinner ‘The Event Is Great and Nothing Can Ruin It’

No, not even hosting a candidate who boasts about her pro-abortion commitment and mocks good Catholics in her tweets.

Crux: The fallout from last week’s Al Smith Dinner is continuing, and not just for Donald Trump, whose cringe-worthy comedy at the traditional Catholic charity roast earned him the first boos in the history of the glitzy gala.

While some on the left were upset that the host, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, even allowed the Republican nominee a seat at the white-tie fundraiser, many on the right were angry – as they have been in past election cycles – that the archbishop also invited Hillary Clinton because she, like many previous Democratic nominees, supports abortion rights. Read full article here.