Comedian Jim Gaffigan delivered a stellar performance at the Al Smith charity dinner in New York on Thursday night, unleashing some harsh jokes about Vice President Kamala Harris’s notable absence.

Founded in 1945, the Al Smith dinner raises millions for Catholic charities and has traditionally allowed both presidential candidates to roast each other before Election Day since 1960. At the 2016 event, Trump famously targeted his then-opponent, Hillary Clinton, over the WikiLeaks hack of her campaign emails,

In a performance that reminded many of Ricky Gervais’s legendary Golden Globes speech, Gaffigan criticized the Democratic Party for allegedly staging a “coup” against President Joe Biden and took aim at Harris for skipping the event while still finding time to appear on “the longtime staple of campaigning,” the sex advice podcast, “Call Her Daddy.” Notably, Harris became the first presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 to miss the event.

The comedian landed a banger line on Harris following her cringe, pre-recorded video skit that apparently drew a “dismal applause.”

“As I watched that, I couldn’t help but think of, now I know what my kids felt when I Facetime’d into a piano recital they were at,” he said.

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Comedian Jim Gaffigan called it out tonight at the Al Smith Dinner & forced every Democrat in the audience to squirm

Absolutely hilarious 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PBldZCn9hj

— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) October 18, 2024

JIM GAFFIGAN: "The media has begun discussing the phenomena of 'secret Trump voters' — people who publicly say they'd never vote for Trump, but then when they go in the voting booth, they do. It's a small group. They're called the 'Biden family.'"

😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/73F7exog95

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 18, 2024

Jim Gaffigan just roasted Kamala Harris for skipping the Al Smith dinner:

"She did find time to appear on The View, Howard Stern, Colbert and the longtime staple of campaigning, the Call Her Daddy podcastpic.twitter.com/dFqlsmL3Dy

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 18, 2024