White House Press Selects Queer, Anti-Racist ‘Come­di­an’ To Host Trump’s Cor­re­spon­dents’ Din­ner

White House Press Selects Queer, Anti-Racist ‘Comedian’ To Host Trump’s Correspondents’ Dinner

The White House Cor­re­spon­dents’ Asso­ci­a­tion (WHCA) announced that they select­ed Amber Ruf­fin as the fea­tured enter­tain­er for the annu­al cor­re­spon­dents’ din­ner April 26.

The deci­sion to bring on the left-lean­ing come­di­an who is sure to focus on her cringey agen­da was announced in a press release Tues­day. Sure­ly there was a long list of come­di­ans who could have been pegged for this gig, yet some­how, the plat­form has been hand­ed to Ruf­fin, who pre­vi­ous­ly whined pub­licly about being dis­crim­i­nat­ed against for being both black and queer. Ruffin’s social media page is rife with anti-Trump mes­sag­ing, which is sure to make for a col­or­ful evening.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Amber Ruffin poses at the Ozdust Ball "Wicked" New York City Premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on November 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/WireImage) Getty Images

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 14: Amber Ruf­fin pos­es at the Ozdust Ball “Wicked” New York City Pre­miere at the Muse­um of Mod­ern Art on Novem­ber 14, 2024 in New York City. (Pho­to by Bruce Glikas/WireImage) Get­ty Images

Ruf­fin took to Insta­gram just pri­or to Trump’s inau­gu­ra­tion and roast­ed the rap­per Nel­ly for agree­ing to give a live per­for­mance at the Lib­er­ty Ball inau­gur­al event. “Jesus wept,” she wrote along­side side-by-side images of Nel­ly and Trump.

The Emmy and Tony Award nom­i­nee also shared a video clip from the com­e­dy news series, “Have I Got News For You US,” in which she roast­ed Trump nom­i­nees, includ­ing Sec­re­tary of Home­land Secu­ri­ty Kristi Noem and Sec­re­tary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The clip was also shared by Roy Wood Jr. and Michael Ian Black.

These make her a very inter­est­ing and incred­i­bly pre­dictable enter­tain­ment choice for the cor­re­spon­dents’ din­ner.

Politico’s Eugene Daniels, pres­i­dent of the WHCA, stood by the deci­sion, say­ing, “when I began to think about what enter­tain­er would be a per­fect fit for the din­ner this year, Amber was imme­di­ate­ly at the top of my list,” accord­ing to the state­ment issued to Dai­ly Caller.

Daniels went on to say Ruf­fin “has the abil­i­ty to walk the line between blis­ter­ing com­men­tary and humor all while pro­vok­ing her audi­ence to think about the impor­tant issues of the day,” and said he was “thrilled and hon­ored she said yes.” (RELATED: Famous Actress-Turned Activist Gives Deranged Speech About All The ‘Trans Kids’ In Her Life)

He con­tin­ued pro­mot­ing Ruf­fin as the come­di­an of choice for the high­ly antic­i­pat­ed event. “Amber’s unique tal­ents are the ide­al fit for this cur­rent polit­i­cal and cul­tur­al cli­mate,” Daniels said.

He added that he believes “her per­spec­tive will fit right in with the dinner’s tra­di­tion of hon­or­ing the free­dom of the press while roast­ing the most pow­er­ful peo­ple on all sides of the aisle and the jour­nal­ists who cov­er them.”