The White House Correspondents Dinner has seen plenty of controversy in the Trump era, and more changes are on the way:
It's official, there will be no comedian at the correspondents' dinner in 2019. Instead: Ron Chernow will speak https://t.co/ss8381sATN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 19, 2018
WHCA prez @OKnox had been leaning against inviting a comedian. He's been conferring with members for months. Today he's confirming the change. It's a recognition that the annual dinner changes dramatically when the president isn't there. Background here: https://t.co/FLbb8m0cZ7
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 19, 2018
WHCA Announces Acclaimed Author Ron Chernow as Featured Speaker for 2019 Annual Dinner. For more, https://t.co/4V0D785Pbi pic.twitter.com/VBDMwxVdWI
— WHCA (@whca) November 19, 2018
The statement said the 2019 WHCD speaker will make a particular case:
Wow – this is usually a comedian who headlines the event. Not next year. Chernow will “make the case for the first amendment” https://t.co/UP1OVOG9MJ
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) November 19, 2018
Presumably, nobody will try and stop him from doing so. #BabySteps
My god. That dumb ass SOB did it.
He's made America great again. https://t.co/HDc1Lw23Bj
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) November 19, 2018
LOL!
1000x better than the idiot comedians they've been picking… https://t.co/KHajIFGvk2
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 19, 2018
You might remember earlier this year that the WHCA president issued a statement saying Michelle Wolf’s monologue was “not in the spirit of the organization’s mission.”
didn't realize there was a comedian there last year… https://t.co/TiwvknreDb
— JEFCON 1 ?? (@TheJeffBurkett) November 19, 2018
There wasn't one last time either, to be fair https://t.co/9Wqbm88R96
— Christian Toto (@HollywoodInToto) November 19, 2018
Ouch!
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