On Tuesday, White House Correspondents’ Association President Eugene Daniels of Politico announced that Late Night with Seth Meyers writer Amber Ruffin will be this year’s featured comedian at the organization’s annual dinner.
Daniels wrote, “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. This dinner is about centering the importance of a functioning democracy and Amber is the type of entertainer who understands both the significance of that mission as well as the mechanics of power in this country.”
That might be the funniest thing to come from this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner, and the actual dinner isn’t until April 26. Ruffin, who also once hosted a late night show on Peacock…
