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The White House Correspondents' dinner is a yearly tradition stretching back over a century, yet this year's host could perhaps prove controversial as many users of gay hookup app Grindr have opposed the association.

Beginning all the way back in 1921, the White House Correspondents' dinner, organized and operated by the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is a joining of journalists covering politics in the United States and some of the current administration's leading officals.

It's often attended by the president, and frequently features segments where the head of state mocks themselves, yet the host for this year's edition could perhaps spark debate and division among members of the LGBTQ community.

As reported by The Hill, gay hookup app Grindr is, for the first time ever, hosting a WHCA dinner party on April 25, which also marks the first time that President Donald Trump will be in attendance across both of his terms.

Trump was notably the only president since the dinner's creation to not attend a single event, having skipped every one during his first term, yet he announced last month on Truth Social that he would be bucking the trend by showing face this year.

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[-] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

it will be my Honor to [...] work to make it the GREATEST, HOTTEST, and MOST SPECTACULAR DINNER, OF ANY KIND, EVER!"

HOTTEST

Excuse me, what the fuck?

[-] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 days ago

All jokes aside, does anyone actually know why this is happening?

Either this company is pandering to fascists and every single user needs to delete their info and profile fucking yesterday, or this is some weird distraction/some other strange confluence of events that simply seems odd out of context.

[-] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

Trump is probably bi. No joke, just a fact. We know from the Epstein emails that he 'blew Bubba'. While we don't know exactly who that is, it paints a certain picture.

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago

Haven't we all known this for years? He can't talk about the dangerous Mexican criminals without mentioning their how big their muscles are

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 7 points 6 days ago

There gonna be a lot of cocaine and gay sex in the bathrooms

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

I really hope grindr rubs it in with the product placement and forced them to promote it. They ar absolute whores and boy does grindr know what to do with that.

Bonus points if they throw pop up ads in the stream.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 135 points 1 week ago

Let me get this straight....trump NEVER attends these dinners. Yet now that Grindr is involved, he's going to attend?

This sucks. I want to mock trump for his beliefs, but I don't want to mock any actual gay people for their beliefs.

I feel like there's a joke there somewhere that only attacks trump. C'mon guys, all the parts are there. Lets construct this thing.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 points 6 days ago

Bro is exterminating LGBTQ while sucking on boba, the sheer hypocricy, the sheer insanity.

Whoever is running our simulation, got bored as fuck, is now creating satire.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Gay here. We fucking hate grindr. Go nuts.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You can always mock race traitors, gender traitors, and gay traitors.

Anyone working against their own group is open for ridicule.

Out gay men are not offended by being called gay.

[-] zigmus64@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago

I don’t understand what someone’s sexuality has to do with whether or not you can mock them for being Trump supporters. IDC who you fuck, or who fucks you, a Trump supporter is a Trump supporter.

Mocking gay people for being gay is not cool. Mocking gay people for being a Trump supporter is completely indistinguishable from mocking any other Trump supporter.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

A Jew sees the Germans building a giant oven and says “I wanna be a part of that!”

That’s what’s we are looking at here.

[-] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago

I think it's more the fact that grindr crashes when a lot of republicans get together, because they're all self hating closet cases.

[-] huppakee@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

Rip Harvey Milk

[-] Dojan@pawb.social 50 points 1 week ago

Gay dude here. I don’t speak for all the gays but if you mock LGBTQ+ people for supporting Trump, that’s perfectly fine. Only idiots are LGBTQ+ and vote conservative.

Tear them a new arsehole. They’ll probably even enjoy that; more holes for their favourite pedo government to fuck them in.

[-] rarsamx@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately in the two party system, fiscal and social come as a one package. I'm sure some gay people would support if there was a party socially liberal but fiscally conservative.

I don't agree with either conservatism but most importantly I don't agree with a binary view of the world.

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today 34 points 1 week ago

Let me get this straight

Grindr

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago

He's doing this because his polls are truly tanking. He needs as many of the LGBTQ+ community to fall for his con once again.

[-] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

LGBT people being a small part of the population, and probably among the hardest to win over for Trump, I'm not sure it really makes sense.

But then again nothing Trump does make sense, so, this is as plausible as anything else.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

his polls are truly tanking

Gee, I wonder why the pedophile warmonger who's responsible for past and future price increases wouldn't be popular....

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

but I don’t want to mock any actual gay people for their beliefs.

Gay people are just as capable of being massive pieces of shit as anyone else is.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Including, apparently, supporting a political movement that wants to exterminate them.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Trump is throwing his own debutant ball.

It looks like he's searching for Melania's replacement. I wonder if he'll wear a dress.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

Mock Trump for being a hypocrite, not because he is gayer than sunshine.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

........sunshine is gay? Now hold on. I thought you guys had the rainbow. Now you have photosynthesis too???

Ironically enough, if there was a symbol for straight guys, it would probably be a flag of a penis.

[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Buba will be there! That's why he'll be there too

[-] MrSmoothPP@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 week ago

Grindr continues to disappoint.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago
[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Apparently Unilad couldn't even copy The Hill's homework correctly.

Somehow they reworded “White House Correspondents’ dinner Weekend Party” as "White House Dinner Correspondents Party".

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

They realized that every time theres a republican event there is a huge surge in activity on their platform

[-] homes@piefed.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

First open White House Dinner…

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I would give just about anything for the chance to roast that child-raping traitor right to his face.

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