Best and worst jokes from Trump, Clinton at white-tie affair

NEW YORK (AP) — Every four years, the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is meant to be a campaign cease-fire, when the presidential nominees share the stage a final time before Election Day and trade warm-hearted jokes.

[...] this year's dinner, reflecting the bitter nature of the contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, was hardly jovial, with both candidates exchanging fierce jabs Thursday night that at times appeared to devolve into personal attacks.

Some of Trump's jokes were so pointed that many in the well-heeled crowd turned on the nominee midway through his remarks and showered him with jeers, an unprecedented act at a white-tie charity dinner that raised more than $6 million for poor children in New York.

[...] when they entered and took their seats, they did not greet each other or make eye contact, though they did shake hands at the conclusion of the night.

[...] just before taking the dais, Hillary accidentally bumped into me and she, very civilly, said: 'Pardon me.'

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