It’s also no secret that the press hates Donald Trump. Trump thinks the press is for sh*t and at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner they proved him right.
The highlight, if you will, was comedian (allegedly) Michelle Wolf. The Trump hating Wolf, of the Daily Show, was brought in by the White House Correspondents’ Association. She had a lot to say, most of it was truly nasty. She attacked a lot of people but was hardest on Sarah Sanders:
“Every time Sarah steps up to the podium, I get excited,” the comedian said. “I’m not really sure what we’re going to get, you know? A press briefing, a bunch of lies or divided into softball teams. ‘It’s shirts and skins, and this time don’t be such a little bitch, Jim Acosta” – a reference to a CNN correspondent who has clashed with Sanders.
Wolf continued: “I actually really like Sarah. I think she’s very resourceful. But she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Like maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s lies. It’s probably lies.”
Sanders looked stony faced and there were both laughs and groans. But Wolf was not done: “I’m never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Is it Sarah Sanders, is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is it Cousin Huckabee, is it Aunt Huckabee Sanders? What’s Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women? Ah I Know, Aunt Coulter” – referring to the rightwing pundit Ann Coulter.
It was so out of bounds that even Mika Brzezinski was outraged:
“Watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable,” Brzezinski said in a tweet. “I have experienced insults about my appearance from the president. All women have a duty to unite when these attacks happen and the WHCA owes Sarah an apology.”
Jonathan Karl found it distasteful:
“I think that the comedian crossed the line, and this went from poking fun to being mean-spirited,” Karl said. “It was very uncomfortable.”
However, he added that Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who found herself the punchline of jokes about her press briefings, her makeup and her name, took things surprisingly well.
“I think that Sarah Sanders handled herself very well considering what was coming her way, and I think that most people in that room were uncomfortable, were uncomfortable with the direction of the jokes, no question at all, and certainly the only thing it will do is result in probably more goodwill for Sarah Sanders because nobody should have to sit through that,” Karl said.
She tore into Kelly Anne Conway:
“Kellyanne Conway has the perfect last name for what she does: Conway,” Wolf said. “It’s like if my name was Michelle Jokes Frizzy Hair Small Tits. You guys have to stop putting Kellyanne on your shows. If you don’t give her a platform, she has nowhere to lie. It’s like that old saying: If a tree falls in the woods, how do we get Kellyanne under that tree. I’m not suggesting she gets hurt. Just stuck.”
Then there was that hysterical abortion joke:
“He thinks abortion is murder,” Wolf said, “which, first of all, don’t knock it ‘til you try it — and when you do try it, really knock it. You know, you’ve got to get that baby out of there. And yeah, sure, you can groan all you want. I know a lot of you are very anti-abortion. You know, unless it’s the one you got for your secret mistress.”
On Ivanka Trump:
Wolf also excoriated Trump’s daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka. “She was supposed to be an advocate for women, but it turns out she’s about as helpful to women as an empty box of tampons. She’s done nothing to satisfy women. So I guess, like father like daughter.”
As the audience muttered, Wolf chided: “Oh, you don’t think he’s good in bed. Come on.” She went on: “She does clean up nice, though. Ivanka cleans up nice. She’s the diaper genie of the administration. On the outside she looks sleek, but the inside, it’s still full of shit.”
This is the person the White House Correspondence Association thought appropriate for this dinner. Trump wisely chose not to attend.
Meg Kinnard of the AP tweeted this:
If the #WHCD dinner did anything tonight, it made the chasm between journalists and those who don't trust us, even wider. And those of us based in the red states who work hard every day to prove our objectivity will have to deal with it.
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) April 29, 2018
Yeah it did.
The WHCD used to be fun to watch. It has degenerated into a pathetic display during which the press sucks up to Barack Obama and conservatives are targeted for an unending stream of invective. It’s not funny any more. The good news is that a couple more of these will guarantee Trump’s re-election.
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