White House Correspondents’ Association Drops Amber Ruffin As Headliner For Correspondents' Dinner
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Ruffin was announced in early February as the featured headliner for the April 26 dinner.
The White House Correspondents’ Association has dropped comedian Amber Ruffin as the headliner for this year’s annual fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C., one day after she criticized President Donald Trump’s administration on a podcast.
The decision came Saturday in a letter to members by the association’s president.
“The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,” wrote Eugene Daniels, the association’s president, in a letter Saturday to members that was obtained by multiple media outlets.
“At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists,” he continued.
Ruffin was announced in early February as the featured headliner for the April 26 dinner, with Daniels himself telling Politico at the time that “Amber was immediately at the top of my list” of candidates, and that he was “thrilled and honored she said yes.”
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