Posted on 04/06/2018 6:16:56 AM PDT by Enlightened1
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will take President Trump's place at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner.
Why it matters: Trump would have had to share the stage with the journalists receiving awards including ones from what he's called on Twitter the "failing" New York Times, and "Fake News" CNN. "The White House has informed us that the president does not plan to participate in this year's dinner but that he will actively encourage members of the executive branch to attend and join us as we celebrate the First Amendment. In keeping with tradition, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders also will represent the administration at the head table. The April 28 dinner celebrates award-winning reporting, scholarship winners and the vital role of the First Amendment and the free press in American democracy."
— WHCA President Margaret Talev
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It’s just like the Hollyweird elite - friends rewarding each other so they can say to themselves “aren’t we a wonderful bunch of folks”.
Good for you, Mr.President
On the other hand, Clinton and Obama would go and they would be literally slobbered over. I think Clinton got more oral sex from those journalists than even Monica Lewinsky.
Give it a “Good Leavin’ Alone” and it will devolve into a self-congratulatory imitation of what it once was.
Good, hoped that he would opt to not attend the sleaze pool.
It’s not a dinner it’a a ambush.
He does not need to listen to the pet cucks drip.
Excellent!
For Sarah, this will be like going to the range for a little practise. With a rubber chicken dinner thrown in.
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