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The President of the Eugene Daniels White House Association began the annual group of the group on Saturday night with prominent remittance on the President Donald Trump Absence and wider complaint about what he called the “extremely difficult” year for the press.
“I know this was an extremely difficult year for all of you. It was difficult for this association,” Daniels said.
“We are tested, attacked, but every day our members get up, run to the White House, a plane, a train, a one mission car, holding a strong responsibility.”
Daniels, who recently joined MSNBC, full time after being in politics, made comments in the first minutes of dinner, noting the crowd: “This dinner will feel a little different than usual. No president, no comedian.”
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The president of the Eugene Daniels White House Association, to the right, opened an annual dinner with criticizing Trump’s absence and emphasizing the difficult year for the press. (Getty Images)
Saturday’s event marked another year without Trump, who decided to skip dinner during his first term. The Karoline Leavitt White House secretary He also refused to attend. President Joe Biden attended all three dinners held during his term; Dinner 2021 in its first year of office was canceled due to Coid-19 care.
Traditionally, the event had a comedian that he had fun in the media and the official Washington, as well as the sitting president doing a stand-up routine. The event also traditionally raises money for scholarships and programs that support the work of WHCA. It often contains a stellar crowd from the media, politics and Hollywood.
The main break from the tradition this year was the lack of comedians who baked the sitting president. Daniels posted last month Comic amber Ruffin’s The planned effect is canceled, calling it part of the “re -enthusiasm” of dinner.
In the record to members of WHC, Daniels said he wanted to switch a night focus from the “division policy” and to celebrate journalism and initiatives for free prints.
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The decision to cancel Ruffin came the day after the deputy head of the White House taylor Budowich criticized the choice of whca, calling the Liberal Ruffin a “Second comedian” on xand noticing his previous hostility to Trump’s administration.
Ruffin responded to Seth Meyers’ Late -nght show with a sharp, satirical skate. Mocking the idea of political righteousness towards “both sides”, she joked, “We have a free shit so that we can be beautiful to the Republicans on imaginative dinners.” Ruffin also commented that “when bad people do bad things, you have to treat them honestly with respect.”
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This year’s dinner comes in the middle of an increased tension between the print and Trump of the White House. Some media outlets have accused the administration of putting on the side of traditional newspaper organizations at official events.
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Earlier this year, Trump’s administration banned Associated Press From some press events after they decided to neglect Trump’s executive order renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the US Bay. AND The federal judge ruled That the White House procedures had violated the Constitution, although the administration complained about the decision. He also removed the traditional wire slot in the pool for rotating presses.
