The White House Correspondents’ Association decided not to have comedian Amber Ruffin host the annual dinner on April 26.
Ruffin is a notorious anti-right and anti-President Donald Trump comedian.
I never heard of Ruffin until the WHCA announced her as the host. From Variety:
The journalism group, which has seen its control over interactions with Trump eroded in recent weeks, made the decision after Taylor Budowich, a White House deputy chief of staff, raised comments Ruffin has made in the past that are critical of Trump. Earlier this week, Ruffin told a podcast backed by The Daily Beast that she would not try to make sure her jokes targeted all sides of the political spectrum as the WHCA had requested, and likened the Trump administration to “kind of a bunch of murderers.” Playing to both sides “makes them feel like human beings,” she said, “cause they’re not.”
Newsbusters added more from Ruffin’s appearance on the podcast:
RUFFIN: I don’t think the people confirm until quite a bit later. I don’t necessarily — like I’m not 100% interested in being like, “ha, you’re here [Trump people], look at your stupid head, you’re burned.” I care, uh, like, you’re kind of a bunch of murderers. [Laughs] I mean, so like, they [the WHCA] were like. You need to be, you know, equal, and make sure that the that you give it to both sides, and blah blah blah. I was like, ‘there’s no way I’m gonna be freaking doing that, dude, under no circumstances.’”
Hollywood is filled with leftists. There is a reason why my late boss Andrew Breitbart said, “Politics is downstream from culture.”
The dinner has always been a love fest with a Democrat president. It turns into an attack fest with a Republican president. Blah blah blah.
The event itself is a farce. The media is supposed to hold these politicians accountable instead of schmoozing with them. It doesn’t help it’s turned into a Hollywood glam fest, too. That means it’s a not a “nerd prom” as the media people coin it.
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