“Opinion” co-host accused White House Communications Association (WHCA) President Eugene Daniels Anti-Trump comedian Amber Rufen at the annual supper.
“It seems to me that when you succumb and succumb to bullies, the bullies will continue to bully you,” co-host Sunny Hostin said on Monday’s daytime talk show.
“So the White House has controlled the association of White House correspondents, many of which include the responsibilities who are doing in the news pool. Now they rearrange seats in the briefing room so that traditional media will be in the back and right-wing podcaster in the front, and I think you have been in the press world all the time.
Daniels wrote in a statement that the board unanimously decided to abandon the comedy performance at dinner as part of the tradition’s “redefinition”.
“At this moment in journalism, I want to make sure the focus is not on divisive politics but is entirely designed to award outstanding work to our colleagues and provide scholarships and mentorship to the next generation of journalists,” he wrote.
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“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin calls on the WHCA to remove anti-Trump comedian Amber Ruffin from the annual dinner lineup. (Screen shot/ABC/Theview)
“When you talk about false equivalents, there is a false equivalent. She’s a comedian. She’s not a journalist. I think it’s a long tradition, I think – I think Eugene Daniels is good – I think he made the wrong phone call. I think he surrendered. Just like Chuck Schumer“Hosting added that he refers to the Democratic Senate Minority Leader who has recently been severely criticized by the left for supporting the Republican-backed spending bill that has avoided the government’s closure.
Co-host Ana Navarro agreed and said she was disappointed with the evacuation of Rufin.
“First of all, I’m disappointed because Amber Rufen It’s really fun. Also, because Amber Rufen is a black woman and queer. I think these communities feel we are being erased and we are under attack. ” said Navarro.
“It’s after the attack, after the attack in the media. After we see the media leaning towards him, the American companies surrendering to him, the law firm surrendering to him. So, I think it’s very disappointing to see all these agencies surrender to the knees and surrender to the bullies because you’re not bullying you anymore because you’re bullying them all the time because you’re bullying them all the time because you’re bullying them all the time because you’re cheering and brave people,” she’s her regret,” she’s,” she’s,” she’s,” she’s,” she’s.”
Whoopi Goldberg said the decision to cancel Ruffin’s appearance seemed to be another “free speech hacker”, whoopi Goldberg said it made her feel more uncomfortable than anything.
Navarro continued to invite Rufen to perform on “Scenery”.
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President Donald Trump, who joked with Amber Ruffin, should attend a dinner at the White House Correspondent Association, even if “no one wants” him. (Photo of Steven Ferdman/Steven Ferdman | Photo of chips somodevilla/getty Images)
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin decided to remove Rufen from reporters’ supper after watching a recent Rufen clip called Trump administration officials “the murderer” and suggested they were not human Daily Beast Podcast.
“The most important thing journalists need to do at this moment is to be able to show that they can objectively, without fear or grace, to cover up the administration, “objectively” is the keyword. For many Americans, when there is a record distrust in the media, if you let them sit in a room, if they sit in a room with someone, those people say Trump officials are a deputy, that’s a member of them, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s certain, that’s a painful person. What she said about recognition,” Griffin said.
Griffin added that Daniels was a serious journalist and praised the “prudent” decision.
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Ruffin discussed what material she planned to include in the reporter’s dinner show and told Daily Beast Thursday: “I’m about ‘ha, you’re here. I care, like, “You’re a little murderer.” “They are like, “You need to be equal and make sure you give it to both parties and so on and so on. “I was like, “In any case, I wouldn’t scare that guy.” ”
