White House correspondents' dinner scraps plan for comedian to host

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Source: Washington Post

Comedian Amber Ruffin’s headlining performance at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner was canceled Saturday, a day after a member of the Trump administration accused her of being “hate-filled” and took aim at the association that puts on the event for booking her.

Ruffin, who hosts a show on Peacock and is a longtime writer for “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” was removed after a unanimous decision by the nine-member executive board of the White House Correspondents’ Association, according to WHCA President Eugene Daniels. The WHCA has hosted the celebratory dinner featuring journalists and high-profile guests since 1921.

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But on Friday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich took aim at Ruffin after the Emmy- and Tony-nominated writer appeared on the Daily Beast podcast to discuss her plans for the event and called members of the Trump administration “kind of a bunch of murderers.”

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In response, Budowich called Ruffin a “2nd rate comedian” in a post to X.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/03/29/white-house-correspondents-dinner-comedian/

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WTH, WHCA? This is cowardice, pure and simple. Bending the knee to the wannabe dictator you should be challenging.

You're dealing with a president who pardoned the thugs who wanted to hang Mike Pence during their violent attack on the Capitol. A president who traffics in hate and has repeatedly called for violence.

And you fold like a house of soggy cards when one of that psycho's flunkies says Amber Ruffin would make your dinner a "hate-filled and violence-inspiring event" - which is BS.