The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is Saturday, and President Donald Trump is set to attend for the first time in either of his terms. Several ‘journalists’ are refusing to attend or are childishly planning to protest Trump silently in person that night. On Friday, Democrat consultant Paul Begala claimed on CNN that Trump is censoring members of the press. That’s when Republican commentator Scott Jennings challenged him on-air to name one ‘journalist’ who is being stopped from criticizing Trump.
Jennings smirked and goaded Begala while watching him rant and rave without naming a single one. (WATCH)
Paul Begala goes on rant about Trump censoring journalists and attacking the First Amendment.@ScottJenningsKY issued a simple challenge to which Begala had no answer:
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 25, 2026
“Name a single journalist who right now is incapable of speaking negatively about Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/E39BXy4l6D
Bold claim, zero examples.
— Keshav Maheshwari (@KeshavM53273570) April 25, 2026
It’s almost as if all this so-called ‘censorship’ is imagined and not real.
Posters say the reason it’s so hard to name one is that there are none.
None of them can ever answer questions or give examples or proof of their claims. They're pitiful excuses for journalists, no they're embarrassing excuses for journalists which is why they will go down in history as fake, lying traitors of Americans.
— dapple (@dapple2777) April 25, 2026
I wish Jennings pressed him on that: Name the names of the journalists Trump is preventing from criticizing him.
— John in the Shelter (@jswriter65) April 25, 2026
Just name all of these silenced voices (sniff) yearning to speak freely.
Crickets from Kaitlan. Of course. This is CNN.
— Harold DERSCHOWITZ (@HJDersh) April 25, 2026
Trump is not responsible for her self-imposed silence.
Commenters note that Trump suing publications and television studios doesn’t equate to censorship for very obvious reasons.
Free speech doesn't exempt a journalist from being sued for libel.
— Mark James (@gymrat672024) April 25, 2026
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Freedom of Press isnt a free pass on lying sir. The example you used just shows how incompetent you really are.
— Jamison (@Jamison247) April 25, 2026
How many Presidents personally answer phone calls from journalists?
— 🇺🇸James in🍑SW🍑GA🇺🇸✝️🇮🇱✡️Go🏈Noles!🍢☯️🥋 (@JamesInSWGA) April 25, 2026
‘Journalists’ and their fellow Democrats ridiculously try to maintain that Trump is anti-free press while simultaneously being the most press accessible President ever.
Many posters say they will always laugh when they see Begala because of the late Rush Limbaugh.
Remember when Rush used to call him The forehead. 🤡
— donna barbieri (@donnabarbieri3) April 25, 2026
That’s the forehead dude! 🤣
— Kim Croft (@KimCroft49809) April 25, 2026
The forehead is so pathetic
— Squid Ink Sammy (@squiddinc) April 25, 2026
Begala has a towering forehead with an impenetrable, thick skull to match.