On Thursday night in New York City, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appeared at the Al Smith charity dinner in New York City.
Nearly every president in the last 80 years has spoken at the dinner, traditionally held on the third Thursday in October.
Trump spoke before former Secretary of State Clinton and got the crowd riled up with some jokes about himself and his opponent.
The two candidates sat near each other during the dinner, though not next to each other. The evenings master of ceremonies, Cardinal Timothy Dolan had the honor of sitting between the two candidates.
During Trump’s remarks he hit upon his major Clinton talking points, using humor along the way.
Trump joked that earlier in the evening, Secretary Clinton said “pardon me,” after she bumped into him.
“Let me talk to you about that after I get into office,” Trump said, joking.
It wouldn’t be a Trump roast without a Rosie O’Donnell barb, and the Republican nominee got one in.
"Last night I called Hillary 'a nasty woman'" Trump said.
“But this stuff is all relative. After listening to Hillary rattle on and on and on, I don’t think so badly of Rosie O’Donnell anymore. In fact, I’m actually starting to like Rosie a lot.
“I have no doubt that Hillary is going to laugh a lot tonight…even at an appropriate moment,” Trump joked.
Though Trump got many laughs at the dinner, it was not without incident. Several of Trump’s jokes, including a line about Secretary Clinton not liking Catholics, were met with boos.
Another joke about Clinton’s honesty was met with a similar chorus.
“Hillary is so corrupt she got kicked off the Watergate commission,” Trump joked.
“How corrupt do you have to be to get kicked off the Watergate commission?”
Throughout the night, each candidate was seen laughing at each other’s jokes, a reminder that these two individuals were at one point friendly.
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