The day after Budowich’s posts to X, Daniels’ tone regarding Ruffin abruptly changed. In a statement emailed to WHCA members on Saturday, Daniels—who joined MSNBC earlier this month as a full-time host— said the WHCA board decided they didn’t want any comedy at the April 26 dinner.

The White House Correspondents’ Association has dropped comedian Amber Ruffin as the headliner for this year’s annual fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C., one day after she criticized President Donald Trump ’s administration on a podcast. The decision came Saturday in a letter to members by the association’s president.