Ron Chernow
The head of the White House Correspondents' Association said his son asked him in tears, "Is Donald Trump going to put you in prison?”
The annual fundraising gala won't feature a comedian this year, but that wasn't enough to lure the president to the event.
The president said he may come to the annual press dinner afterall since the WHCA announced Ron Chernow will be the speaker instead of a comedian.
“The media is complicit," the comedian tweeted over next year's pick for speaker at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow, who penned the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton, was selected after this year's controversy with comedian Michelle Wolf.