White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that she will skip the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, saying the organization has long been an exclusive club that has kept out new and independent media.
Leavitt said she will skip the dinner, which is slated for April 26, during an appearance on Sean Spicer’s podcast. Spicer served as President Donald Trump’s press secretary during the Trump’s first six months in office in 2017.
“I will not be in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and that’s breaking news for The Sean Spicer Show,” Leavitt said.
“This is a group of journalists who’ve been covering the White House for decades,” she explained.
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Leavitt continued, “They started this organization because the…
