The Sl Smith dinner is a tradition where presidential candidates turn up Unless you're to dumb to handle it..one person in years failed to turn up..In 1976, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford spoke; in 1980, Carter and Ronald Reagan; in 1988, George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis; in 2000, Al Gore and George W. Bush; in 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain; in 2012, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2016, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump; and in 2020, Trump and Joe Biden until this year when Donald Trump was left to support the dinner while Kamala Harris ignore the Cardinal and guests and went into hiding