On the wall of resistance heroes, are a whole lot of comedians like Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, and even Conan O’brian and Andy Richter are hitting Trump hard with the truth. But Samantha Bee certainly deserves a space near the top. She and her team have been relentless in pointing out the absurdity and danger of this regime.
Now she’s taking an additional step to troll the orange loser.
The annual custom of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner suddenly seems uncomfortable if not untenable:
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Instead, Ms. Bee, host of the topical TBS comedy show “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” and her colleagues are planning a counter-event that will take place in Washington on April 29, the same night as the Correspondents’ Association dinner.
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The “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” will probably be shown on TBS in some form; Ms. Bee said that those details were still being worked out, as was a lineup of talent.
“We have binders full of people, but we don’t have any specifics to offer yet,” she said. Ms. Bee said that proceeds from her event would go to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Some news organizations and observers regard it as a too-chummy atmosphere for reporters to hobnob with the officials they are supposed to be covering objectively and adversarially.
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Addressing the Correspondents’ Association, she said: “I honestly can’t imagine what they’re thinking, but I really wish them well. I think that’s going to be very challenging. Does 3 Doors Down do comedy? I don’t know, maybe they do.”
The correspondents dinner has always been light hearted and usually pretty funny. But this time it’s different. How can you hobnob and make fun with people who are currently trying to ban a religion from entering the U.S. and are damn proud of it? How do you laugh when they deliberately attack the very institutions that support our democracy and protect us from authoritarianism?
Congratulations to Samantha Bee and her team for taking a smart move to resist.
RESIST!