Alex Seitz-Wald is a senior politics reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Pro-Palestinian protesters are looking to puncture the festive bubble this weekend surrounding the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — one of the capital’s biggest parties of the year, with attendees including President Joe Biden, top government officials and leading journalists. Activists are expecting several hundred people at a rally in Kalorama Park, just two blocks from the Washington Hilton, which is hosting the event.
The debate reached a fever pitch during the presidency of Donald Trump, who labeled independent journalists the “enemy of the people,” but was neutralized in part when Trump and officials in his administration decided not to attend the event. “This culture of being invited to rub shoulders with the administration is problematic as is, but only more so now,” said Eman Mohammed, a freelance photojournalist from Gaza who is now based in the U.S. and plans to attend the rally Saturday.
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