The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) announced on Saturday it would rule out comedian Amber Ruffin playing its annual dinner on April 26th to avoid focusing on “the politics of division.”
“[T]His WHCA board has unanimously decided that he will not showcase his comedy performance again this year,” President Eugene Daniels said. announcement In an email to the White House press squad.
WHCA President Eugene Daniels is notifying the press today that this year’s dinner will no longer feature anti-Trump comedian Amber Ruffin. @dailycaller https://t.co/o0qz0eqhmx pic.twitter.com/lnbz0lq3sl
– Reagan Reese (@Reaganreese_) March 29, 2025
“In this consequential moment of journalism, I would like to focus entirely on awarding outstanding work to colleagues and providing scholarships and guidance to the next generation of journalists,” Daniels wrote.
While the White House Correspondents Association’s dinners call themselves nonpartisan, Ruffin has a history of being an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump. The event itself aims to raise funds for the association’s work, journalism scholarships, and educate the public about the first amendment and the free press.
“I don’t know that anyone is looking forward to being in the same room as him,” Ruffin traded for CNN’s Jake Tupper on February 5, 2025. She also said she will use anti-Trump sentiment during set. (Related: Comedian Amber Ruffin reveals that she will do a full liberal hack at WHCA dinner, not wanting to attend Trump)
In an interview with LGBT-Interest magazine Advocate a few weeks before the 2024 election after Trump’s defeat of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, he said. Called He is “President Gross.”
“They have to do their best to find flaws in what Kamala is saying, but this guy will be toddler, pulling down whatever he wants, but she has to be perfect.” echo It appeared on CNN’s “Have I Got You For You” TV show in October 2024.
President Trump will not attend the association’s famous dinner during his first term and will not be expected to attend in 2025. Additionally, current White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt will “not be present,” she told former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on a March 14 podcast.
Droprafin’s move reverses Daniels’ February 4th announcement, naming the comedian the dinner headliner.
“Amber was at the top of my list when I started thinking about what a celebrity would be for this year’s dinner,” Daniels told the Daily Callenor in February.
Ruffin “has the ability to walk the line between ferocious commentary and humor, and challenge the audience to think about the key issues of the day,” added Daniels.
Dinner has previously been used as the setting for feature politicians to enjoy their opponents, both through satirical remarks and the help of comedians. (Related: The White House correspondent’s dinner was a memorial to the self-importance of the corporate media and the left-wing chronism.)
President Joe Biden criticized the 2024 dinner for making it a political rally and took the stage alongside “Saturday Night Live” comedian Colin Jost. Jost questioned why President Trump approached President Biden’s referendum despite Biden’s “strong economy.”
US President Joe Biden responds to a joke by comedian and host Colin Jost at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington on April 27, 2024. Reuters/Tom Brenner
Also criticism was placed on Biden and other dinner attendees during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, while President Biden called “Genocide Joe” “Genocide Joe” as “Genocide Joe.”
“The White House correspondent’s dinner was really bad. Colin Jost bombed, and the bent Joe was an absolute disaster! Not so bad!” Trump I wrote it April 28th, True Social Following Dinner in 2024.
