BYRON YORK: Annual White House Correspondents' Dinner fiasco

Ruffin Implies Trump's a Nazi, Attacks WHCA For Cancelling Her Dinner Performance

NBC’s Seth Meyers welcomed one of his Late Night writers, Amber Ruffin, to join him on Monday’s show to attack the White House Correspondents Association for canceling Ruffin’s comedy routine at this year’s dinner. Ruffin made the mistake of saying the quiet part out loud when she claimed she would not use the occasion to roast all sides because the Trump Administration is similar to a “bunch of murderers.” Meyers and Ruffin reacted to the news …

Byron York | The Annual Correspondents Dinner Fiasco

Over the weekend, the White House Correspondents’ Association abruptly canceled the performance of comedian Amber Ruffin, originally scheduled for the organization’s April 26 annual dinner. Once a celebrity-filled pageant of Washington journalists and politicians, the dinner has struggled to find equilibrium and meaning since the first election of President Donald Trump in 2016.  Trump, the target of years of overwhelmingly hostile coverage from…

York: White House dinner fiasco

Over the weekend, the White House Correspondents’ Association abruptly canceled the performance of comedian Amber Ruffin, originally scheduled for the organization’s April 26 annual dinner. Once a celebrity-filled pageant of Washington journalists and politicians, the dinner has struggled to find…

BYRON YORK: Annual White House Correspondents' Dinner fiasco

Over the weekend, the White House Correspondents’ Association abruptly canceled the performance of comedian Amber Ruffin, originally scheduled for the organization’s April 26 annual dinner.

BYRON YORK: Annual White House correspondents' dinner a fiasco

Over the weekend, the White House Correspondents' Association abruptly canceled the performance of comedian Amber Ruffin, originally scheduled for the organization's April 26 annual dinner. Once a celebrity-filled pageant of Washington journalists and politicians, the dinner has struggled to find…

Amber Ruffin was removed from the evening's entertainment program at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner last week after she called Trump supporters "murderers." The cancellation has sparked a major debate.