White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich called Amber Ruffin a ‘garbage, hate-filled comedian’
  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    It’s very concerning that the White House Correspondent’s Dinner would succumb to White House pressure. Now we see how theyll respond when HitlerPig demands they suppress his scandals.

  • zephorah@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    This vibe, for lack of a better word, is more important than some may think. Having an official role for poking fun at the government once a year reinforces Democracy and 1A. This is an act that signals to everyone just how ok it is to point out flaws and say what you like about the federal government and the people in it, including the president. To remove the comedy element states the opposite.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I don’t know if there’s a word or phrase for this but it is funny how you’re saying the dinner is important to show that in democracy leadership can take it on the chin. But in this case, this administration is wrecking democracy and can’t handle the correspondence dinner. It’s cool to see how that works in real time

      • zephorah@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        It’s more than that. Every year the president sits down in public to be roasted. Maybe it’s lighter and more formal than Reddit, but it’s still a roast. Sitting in a chair for it at an event is much more pointed than passing headlines or essays.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    They should have canceled the entire “White House Correspondents’ Dinner” and simply held a completely new event at the exact same time at the same venue with a different name, and kept the jokes at the president’s expense.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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      2 years ago

      It’s not White House’s Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

      The Correspondents organize it. It’s hosted in a Hilton hotel, not at the White house. The White House doesn’t control it in any way. This is simply the press rolling over to appease the fascists because they are scared of losing access.

  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Once again demonstrating their collective cowardice…

    Obeying in advance. Can’t risk upsetting Don Mangolini. The Mafia Bully Admin wins again.

    🙄 🙄

  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Wittle baby doesn’t want the meany-weany comedian to hurt is fee-fees while he destroys the country.

  • fucktrump@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Bunch of wussies can’t laugh at themselves. The collective narcissism is astounding

    • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Because somewhere in their deep recesses, they know just exactly who/what they really are…

      So, when it’s pointed out to them, it’s not funny, it’s not making fun.

      It’s truth. It’s a reminder.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Who sees what is happening in the white house and wants to crack jokes?

    For the next four years, the Correspondent’s Dinner should be a wake, and not an Irish one.

    • geekwithsoul@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Fascists can’t be argued with. They love when you get angry and yell at them. But they absolutely cannot stand to get laughed at. Go look up some quotes from Mel Brooks about why he thought it was important for the Hitler references in The Producers.

      We should be doing a monthly nationally televised event where Trump, Musk, and the rest are ridiculed.

  • ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    how about we just axe the white house correspondent entirely since they a) won’t stand up for their colleagues and b) won’t stand up to this administration or else they lose access.

    the primary reason I stopped watching cable news since the election is the press being less than limp, weak, and feckless when it comes to anything dealing with republicans but somehow find their spines when a democrat is involved.