FIRST ON FOX: The Republican Party is criticizing President Biden’s campaign over an “out of touch” memo warning that former President Trump’s re-election could mean the end of one of Washington’s biggest conflicts. glamorous traditions.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the days leading up to it are an annual, often invitation-only, social event where Washington’s media, journalism and political elite gather for a celebration of the press.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) warned Thursday evening that Trump’s return to the White House could put an end to the festivities.
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The Republican Party is blaming Democrats for attacking former President Trump for not attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which will take place Saturday. President Biden is present. (Getty Images)
The Republican National Committee (RNC) responded to Fox News Digital on Friday: “The fact that Joe Biden is pandering to journalists by threatening them at their annual ego-stroking elite party is pathetic and out of touch with reality, but it shows that Democrats can’t win on these issues. »
“Biden can spend 2024 vacationing in Delaware and rubbing shoulders with East Coast elites as much as he wants, but President Trump and Republicans will continue to talk about the issues that matter and present solutions to Biden’s failures in all areas, from economics to the border,” RNC said. said spokeswoman Anna Kelly.
Trump never attended the event as president. He instead held a rally with his supporters in 2019 and even banned his administration officials from attending, according to Reuters. It was canceled in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden attended last year’s dinner, hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr. (Getty Images)
Democrats’ statement Thursday night criticized Trump for rejecting dinnerarguing that it was another way Trump showed contempt for journalists and the First Amendment.
“We hope everyone has a good time this weekend, because if Donald Trump wins in November, this Saturday could also be known as the final White House Correspondents’ Dinner. To state the obvious: Trump is a narcissist thin-skinned who, despite his spending, Seemingly every waking moment, glued to his seat, consuming cable news, he constantly attacks the free press and is unable to handle a little good-natured mockery”, said DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd.
“He skipped the White House Correspondents’ Dinner every year he was in office because of his deep-seated insecurities and pathetic desperation to be liked by the same people he railed against, and it was before he outright banned members of his administration from attending at all.
Trump held a dinner rally in 2019 (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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“Fun and jokes aside this weekend, Saturday is also a reminder of what’s at stake with an angry and vengeful Trump on the ballot. It may be a punchline, but it’s also a sad and vindictive authoritarian wannabe who shows no respect for the First Amendment – or the Fourth Estate.”
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The DNC declined to provide additional comment.
