{"id":2233547,"date":"2024-04-30T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fani-willis-slammed-for-skipping-debate-for-wining-and-dining-during-correspondents-dinner-weekend\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:50:43","slug":"fani-willis-slammed-for-skipping-debate-for-wining-and-dining-during-correspondents-dinner-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fani-willis-slammed-for-skipping-debate-for-wining-and-dining-during-correspondents-dinner-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Fani Willis criticized for missing debate to attend correspondents\u2019 dinner festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffani-willis-slammed-for-skipping-debate-for-wining-and-dining-during-correspondents-dinner-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-ship-behaved-erratically-just-before-slamming-into-baltimore-bridge\/\" title=\"Video: Ship Displayed Unstable Behavior Prior to Colliding with Baltimore Bridge\">summary covers<\/a> an article regarding the\u2063 criticism faced by Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney, from her\u200b Democratic primary opponent. The opponent criticized\u200b Willis for\u2064 a specific action, mentioned related details, and the \u2064story continues beyond the visible text, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swampberg\/\" title=\"Swampberg: a marshy land.\">prompting readers<\/a> \u2062to\u2064 click &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; \u200bfor \u200bfurther information. The summary \u2063discusses the criticism directed at Fani\u2064 Willis, the Fulton County District\u200d Attorney, by her Democratic \u2063primary opponent. The opponent has voiced\u200c disapproval towards Willis for a particular action, providing \u200dsome details. The article prompts \u200dreaders to click &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; for additional\u200b information on the subject.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Fulton County District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fani-willis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fani Willis\">Fani Willis<\/a>\u2018s Democratic primary opponent slammed her for skipping a debate over the weekend after she reportedly attended the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Wise Smith, the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red\/\" title=\"Mich., Ariz. GOP censures several lawmakers over support for impeachment, failure to keep states red\">primary challenger<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bleeding-heart-of-darkness-my-journey-to-the-left-coast\/\" title=\"Bleeding Heart of Darkness: My Journey to the Left Coast\">embattled district attorney<\/a>, said in a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/anti-trump-da-bailed-debate-schmooze-celebs-challenged-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"to\">to<\/a> Fox News that he would be in favor of scheduling a debate to better fit her schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no reason we can\u2019t reschedule the debate,\u201d Wise Smith said on Monday. \u201cWe are happy to work with her team to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wise Smith\u2019s campaign communications director Michael Ceraso also said that Willis not attending the debate shows \u201cwhere her allegiances lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have enormous respect for Willis\u2019s busy calendar, but ignoring a community-organized event while violent crime escalates, to schmooze with politicos while an \u2018SNL\u2019 comedian roasts the entire political process, tells me where her allegiances lie \u2014 and it\u2019s not with the voters of Fulton County,\u201d Ceraso said.<\/p>\n<p>Wise Smith debated an empty podium on Sunday and called out Willis for not attending the debate ahead of the May 21 primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy question for you is: Where are you? You know I\u2019m here because I care about the citizens and the families of Fulton County,\u201d Wise Smith said at the debate. \u201cBut it\u2019s my understanding that you may have attended the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might be fundraising across the country, but what about us here in Fulton County? What are you doing to address the issues in the jail? What are you doing to address the backlog? Where are you, Ms. Willis?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Fulton County district attorney\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County DA Fani Willis faced criticism from her Democratic rival for missing a weekend debate to attend the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. 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