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After months of speculation, President Trump was a no show at the Washington Correspondents’ Association Dinner at The Washington Hilton on April 29th. Turns out that no one seemed to mind as journalists refocused on The First Amendment and scholarships for up coming journalists. The Bloody Marys kept flowing at The Annual Garden Brunch which starts off as a prelude to the dinner and was in full swing at the Georgetown home of Connie Milstein hosted by Tammy Haddad, Kevin Sheekey, Hilary Rosen, Constance Milstein, Mark & Sally Ein, Fred Humphries, Kelley McCormick and Franco Nuschese honoring American Democracy, the military and the press. President Trump held a political rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Jeff mason, president of WHCA said his absence was not all negative but rather a great opportunity to “make clear that this dinner is about celebrating the press, not the presidency.”
Tammy Haddad
Hollywood on the Potomac caught up with former administration officials as well as “fake news” television folks who seemed more than happy to take over the void:
