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President Trump snubs White House Correspondents' dinner for second consecutive year - ABC News

posted onApril 29, 2018
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Article snippet: Journalists, politicians and members of the Donald Trump administration attended the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night without the president, who spent the evening at a campaign rally in Michigan. "You may have heard I was invited to another event tonight -- the Sarah Huckabee Sanders attended the dinner on Trump's behalf. "You know, one of the things we say in the South, if a Girl Scout egged your house, would you buy cookies from her? I think that this is a pretty similar scenario. There's no reason for him to go in and sit and pretend like this is going to be just another Saturday night," Sanders told ABC News before last year's event. Wolf mocked Sanders, who sat just two seats adjacent to her on the dais. "Every time Sarah steps up to the podium, I get excited, because I'm not really sure what we're going to get -- a press briefing, a bunch of lies or divided into softball teams," Wolf said. "I actually really like Sarah, I think she's very resourceful," Wolf continued. "She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smoky eye." Trump got his own shots in on the dinner from afar, telling the crowd in Michigan he was in a no-win situation. "Is this better than that phony Washington White House Correspondents' Dinner? Is this more fun?" he asked the crowd. "I could be up there tonight smiling, like I love where they're hitting you, shot after shot. These people, they hate your guts. "And t... Link to the full article to read more

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