Summary
The White House Correspondents’ Association canceled comedian Amber Ruffin’s headlining appearance at its annual fundraising dinner.
The decision follows concerns over Ruffin’s anti-Trump comments and growing tensions with the Trump White House, which has restricted press access and pool assignments.
The association’s board voted unanimously for the change, seeking to avoid political division.
This shift mirrors its 2019 approach, when historian Ron Chernow spoke instead of a comedian amid similar Trump-era scrutiny.
Pussies.
Cowards.
Instead just one comedian, you get house full of clowns
Cancel the entire dinner.
It’s probably going to be cold hamberders again anyway.
Courtiers.
Once again demonstrating their collective cowardice…
Obeying in advance. Can’t risk upsetting Don Mangolini. The Mafia Admin wins again.
🙄 🙄
So fragile
Should just cancel the whole dinner. This is not normal times anyways.
The news media is not supposed to be friendly with those in power, no matter who is in power. They’re supposed to be a pain in the ass of the president (every president). They’re supposed to be the Fourth Estate! They’re supposed to be part of the checks and balances. It’s always irked me that they do this correspondent’s dinner and get all buddy buddy with the Whitehouse.
Yeah, the whole thing is a just an embarrassing demonstration of how it’s just a big social club rather than a relationship where they should be naturally antagonistic.
People call Republicans stupid, but it looks like they may have finally learned a lesson after Naomi Wolf’s headliner in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8IYPnnsYJw
Michelle Wolf, not Naomi Wolf. Naomi Wolf is a right-wing conspiracy nut these days.
Ah damn, oops. You’re right, I wrote the wrong name even after fetching the Youtube link lol
…seeking to avoid political division.
Yes, because Trump’s platform is unity.
That’s them being diplomatic. The truth is that they’re intimidated. Their speech is being chilled.
If you think of “unity” like the Nazis think about it, then yes.
BTW, that’s how they have been describing it to others online for over a decade, too…if people they describe as “Communist” which means, in the Venn diagram, anyone who is !Nazi = “Communist”, would just agree to stop fighting fascists, there will be unity. Also, “peace”. Interestingly, it’s how one of the magoffs that worked on/supports Project 2025 talked about their plans, too. Oh, and Putin talks the same way.
Little baby pee pee snowflakes
Spineless preemptively compliant cowards.
Wasn’t it a correspondence dinner that is considered to be the day he decided to run for president because he was on the verge of tears being made fun of
Yup. He was roasted by Obama himself, in fact. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-campaign-obama-beef-election-b2639129.html
Lmao “seeking to avoid political division”. No you’re avoiding dissonance. The GOP MO is to stoke political division, it’s literally what gives them power.
Also “anti-trump” comments instead of just calling them concerns or critiques.
Language like this is how consent is manufacturered. Language is powerful at subtly shift how one percieves a situation, and leading people to a predetermined conclusion.
