National political correspondent Maggie Haberman suggested earlier this week that there would be "zero cost" for Vice President Harris to skip the annual Al Smith dinner.
"There is, I think, zero cost to her skipping this despite complaints otherwise," Haberman told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Thursday evening ahead of the dinner hosted by New York Catholic Charities.
Harris chose not to attend the dinner in person, making her the first major presidential candidate to turn down the invitation in several decades.