Attendance At White House Correspondents Dinner Is A Bad Omen For Biden

It took several years, but the Washington Press’s body has its favorite party back in its traditional form. And this is bad news. Although the Biden government waited a little over a week to confirm its presence – in part because of the recent COVID-19 outbreak from the recent Gridiron dinner – it was confirmed that the president and first lady would attend a White House dinner. House. “@WHCA is pleased to host President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden as we celebrate the First Amendment at our dinner on April 30,” the White House Correspondents Association said on Twitter. Every president from Calvin Coolidge has attended the WHCA annual dinner with the exception of Donald Trump. To him, members of the media are “enemies of the people.” In 2019, the Trump administration banned any of its officials from attending dinner. Dinner was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, so this marks the official return of a Washington tradition. I understand Biden’s good intentions, but the White House correspondents’ dinner is one of the traditions I hoped would have died of the plague. Or at least, change dramatically while it was away. Think of all the bad news in the world – some of which customers are supposed to cover. Well, at least for the night, instead of doing their job, they are dealing with celebrities. Given inflation, an ongoing scourge, and a flurry of other problems affecting the nation, the resurgence of the “nerd dance” seems untimely. Given the times, returning to the spectacle seems like a bad idea. The guest list shows the casualness of the event. Martha Stewart will be present as a guest of the Daily Mail. Michael Keaton will be a guest on ABC News. CBS News apparently brings Drew Barrymore and Melinda Gates as their dinner guests. Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson will sit at the Disney / ABC table. The story goes on And once dinner is over, Comcast and NBC News will host their famous after party at the Kennedy Center with DJ Jaime Ferreira. As if that were not enough, CBS will have an after party this year at the residence of the French ambassador. Let me just say that I love Martha Stewart. Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman. I have a Drew Barrymore mirror. I watch the Kardashians in Hulu. I laughed with Pete Davidson. But what are they doing here? And shouldn’t the press and the president spend some time together in more formal places? Biden conducted only nine official press conferences in his first year in office until January – half of those held by Trump during his first 12 months in the White House. To be fair to Biden, I attended most of his press conferences and they were abysmal, mainly because of the commonplace questions he was asked. Most of the questions ignored other pressing issues such as climate change, debt relief, the very fact that democracy itself is in danger. Oh, and the pandemic is not over, no matter what the White House Correspondents Association thinks. On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris shared her health news after returning from a weekly trip to California. “I tested positive for COVID-19 today. I have no symptoms and will continue to isolate myself and follow the CDC guidelines. I am grateful to have been vaccinated and rejuvenated,” Harris wrote on Twitter. But do not worry about the president. “She was not in close contact with the President or the First Lady because of their respective recent travel plans. She will follow the instructions of the CDC and the advice of her doctors. , the vice president’s press secretary, added. Another factor to consider: The president is 79 years old. With all due respect, at this age, if Biden can not walk through a protective bubble, he should at least avoid being in rooms with hundreds of people. I understand that the site will conduct tests for participation, but if it can happen to the vice president, why not to the president? However, everyone is here, having fun all night with celebrities – as the world collapses in the midst of a pandemic. I hope everyone has a good night, but I feel it is the wrong time for such a party.

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