Before causing anger online, Jada Yuan, a politics correspondent at the Post, had shared a picture of herself maskless, smiling, and wearing a peach gown at the event.
Just two hours later, Yuan took to Twitter again to share the experience of attending the WHCD, which made a comeback this year after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.
“This room is like a horror film. No exits. Literally getting trapped between tables. Fear of breathing near people but people are everywhere. Creeping sense that you’re the only one who knows this is insane,” Yuan tweeted on Saturday.
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Twitter users rushed to condemn her remarks, deeming Yuan an alarmist and noting that attendees were vaccinated, boosted and required to provide a negative COVID-19 antigen test.
"Jada, this post was 9 hours ago. Are you okay? Did you make it out alive? Please let us know!" one Twitter user wrote mockingly.
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The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, sidelined by the pandemic in the last two years, stressed Biden as the first President in six years to accept an invitation. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive this past week, and Dr. Anthony Fauci skipped the dinner for health precautions.
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The last WHCA gala before COVID-19 broke out was in 2019. It didn’t feature either the President or even a comedian, as Donald Trump refused to attend while in office.
Yuan, who joined the Washington Post as a features writer covering politics in 2019, said before attending the dinner that she had been asked to avoid her workplace for a week after the event.
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“I’ve kindly been asked not to show up in the office for a week after covering WHCD weekend, which shows how much faith we all have that this won’t be another superspreader,” the reporter wrote on Friday.
Many aligned with her, tweeting that her employer was careless for making her cover the event.
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However, that outpouring of support disappeared on Saturday, when Yuan lightheartedly shared photos of the dinner and jokes told by host Trevor Noah and President Joe Biden before complaining that the event was full.
Yuan tweeted that she “experienced the centrifugal force of Kim Kardashian and Pete walking into a room" before saying that the event felt like a horror film.
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