By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-04-04 01:01:38 | Updated at 2025-04-04 23:10:56
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A White House correspondent who turned heads earlier this year for her 'inappropriate' outfits has suffered a major career blow.
Natalie Winters, 24, the co-host of Steve Bannon's War Room on Rumble, shared on social media Wednesday that she has been denied membership into the prestigious National Press Club.
'I co-host one of the largest shows on the right, Presidents and Congressmen share my work and I have a White House Press pass,' she lamented in a post online.
She shared a screenshot of the rejection email she received, which read: 'Dear Natalie, Thank you for applying for membership at the National Press Club.
'Our membership committee and Board of Governors reviewed your application.
'Unfortunately, you do not meet the qualifications for membership at this time.
'Thank you for your interest in the National Press Club.'
Winters now says the century-old association in which reporters and other media officials liaise with senior government officials 'should formally change their name to the National Propaganda Club.
'This is a great example of discrimination that's led to the irrelevance of many of the outlets they let in,' she told the New York Post, noting that the club 'could have used my membership dues' in light of 'the mass firings and ratings collapse of legacy media.'
Natalie Winters, 24, the co-host of Steve Bannon 's War Room on Rumble, shared on social media Wednesday that she has been denied membership into the prestigious National Press Club
She included a screenshot of the rejection email she had received
Journalists who are granted admission into the club pay dues totaling $704 annually - or $59 each month.
Younger journalists between the ages of 21 and 35, like Winters, are offered a discounted rate at $34 a month or $400 annually.
But in a statement to the New York Post, a spokesperson for the National Press Club said it 'has a long-standing process for reviewing membership applications.
'Decisions are made in alignment with the standards of journalism we uphold,' the spokesperson said, noting:
'We do not publicly comment on individual applications out of respect for all involved.'
While it's unclear why her membership was denied, she has proven to be a controversial figure with many online slamming her for the outfit she wore on her first day of work.
She had donned a black top with a white collared shirt layered underneath, as well a short, white leather skirt with a chevron print on it.
'Could you at least dress more modestly? This isn't high school, it's a PROFESSIONAL and highly privileged position to be in,' one person wrote on social media.
Winters has proven to be a controversial figure with many online slamming her for the outfit she wore on her first day of work
Winters also previously received flack for openly declaring that she was 'transphobic' and posting inflammatory messages on X about transgender people.
She was also branded as an 'Islamaphobe' by viewers of Piers Morgan Uncensored in January, when she claimed that Islam was 'conducive to pedophilia.'
Then, after President Donald Trump got into a shouting match on-camera in the middle of the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, she decided to start a flame war with the Ukrainian leader.
Winters shared photos of herself in a short, tight-fitting red dress, writing: 'I really don't care, do you?' and tagging Zelensky in the post.
It was an apparent reference to a jacket First Lady Melania Trump wore during her husband's first term when they went to visit immigrant children in Texas with the phrase printed on the back.
Still, Winters - a Los Angeles native and a graduate of the University of Chicago - continues to be a fixture on Bannon's podcast, which is said to have an audience of millions of listeners.
