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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[–] 132 points 7 months ago (20 children)

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.

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  • [–] 81 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago

    Grindr continues to disappoint.

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months 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?

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

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

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    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".

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago*

    First open White House Dinner…

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

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

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

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

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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.

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