{"id":95819,"date":"2017-03-28T22:54:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T02:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95819"},"modified":"2017-03-28T22:54:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T02:54:49","slug":"white-house-staff-also-will-skip-correspondents-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/28\/white-house-staff-also-will-skip-correspondents-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House staff also will skip correspondents dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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White House staff will be skipping this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner along with President Donald Trump. (Photo: The White House\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 White House staff will be skipping this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner along with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The White House Correspondents’ Association announced Tuesday evening that they’d been informed that staff would not be attending out of \u201csolidarity\u201d with the president, who previously announced his intention to skip the annual dinner.<\/p>\n

The board says in a statement that it \u201cregrets this decision very much,\u201d but that the event will go on as planned.<\/p>\n

The annual fundraising dinner, which raises money for college scholarships, typically draws a mix of politicians, journalists, celebrities, as well as the president and first lady. Top White House staff members typically attend, often as guests of media organizations.<\/p>\n

The dinner also typically features remarks from a comedian, often roasting the president, and a humorous address by the president himself, often roasting the press and political opponents.<\/p>\n

Trump has long had an adversarial relationship with news media. Since taking office, however, he has stepped up his criticism, accusing some prominent news outlets of publishing \u201cfake news\u201d and calling them \u201cthe enemy of the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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