US EditionAmber Ruffin Reflects on Cancelled WHCA Dinner Speech and Its Potential Impact on Press Corps
- Comedian Amber Ruffin was removed as the host of the 2024 White House Correspondents' Dinner, which took place last weekend in Washington, D.C.
- The White House Correspondents' Association said they dropped Ruffin to avoid highlighting politics of division amid President Trump's first 100 days in office.
- Ruffin explained on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that she felt it would be impossible to make jokes about both political sides given current tensions and her planned material was critical of the administration.
- Ruffin reflected, 'This administration is trying to get you to hate other people and that’s not your natural state,' adding that saying this made her glad to be canceled.
- Her removal suggests ongoing challenges for press and entertainers addressing political polarization, while Ruffin expressed feeling less welcome and concern for marginalized communities under the current administration.
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