No Designated Survivor at Correspondents' Dinner

Key Details

• No designated survivor was appointed for the correspondents' association dinner.
• Under the Presidential Succession Act, the third in line is the Senate president pro tempore, currently 92-year-old Chuck Grassley.
• Grassley would have become acting president if a catastrophic event had occurred at the dinner.

White House Statement

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the idea of a designated survivor had been discussed but deemed unnecessary because several cabinet members were not attending the dinner for various personal reasons.

Background on Succession

Chuck Grassley, as Senate president pro tempore, is third in the line of succession—after the vice president and the Speaker of the House.

Additionally, Grassley has a history of criticizing programming on the History Channel.