Comedian Michelle Wolf is facing criticism after her 20-minute monologue during last night’s White House Correspondents Dinner which was described by some attendees as ‘raunchy’ and ‘nasty’. The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi wrote that she was ‘particularly hard on women associated with Trump’ including White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders who Wolf said the following about: “And I’m never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders, you know? Is it Sarah Sanders, is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is it Cousin Huckabee, is it Auntie Huckabee Sanders? What’s Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women? Oh, I know. Aunt Coulter.”
Here’s Wolf on Kellyanne Conway: “She has the perfect last name for what she does, Conway … You guys have got to stop putting Kellyanne on your shows. All she does is lie. 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. Stuck under a tree.”
‘Alternative facts’ anyone?
And finally here’s Wolf on Ivanka Trump: “There’s also, of course, 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.”
I think all of us are still trying to figure out what exactly Ivanka Trump does at the White House…
Meanwhile, former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus who was dumped on an airport runway last year by Donald Trump himself hasn’t swayed too far from No. 45’s teet as he tries to stay relevant in the mainstream political world.
An R/X rated spectacle that started poorly and ended up in the bottom of the canyon. Another victory for @realDonaldTrump for not attending and proving his point once again. The room was uncomfortable. Trump lovers and even a large number of Trump haters were pretty miserable.
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) April 29, 2018
Non partisan reaction to Wolf’s monologue include the following from some of the journalist in attendance:
The spirit of the event had always been jokes that singe but don’t burn. Reporters who work with her daily appreciate that @presssec was there. https://t.co/PorH9jGJ7G
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 29, 2018
Couldn’t agree more. So much important and amazing journalism this year — that should be the focus, when truth matters and is needed more than ever. It was an embarrassment in the room and surely to the audience at home. https://t.co/vhbnG6tn55
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) April 29, 2018
Lot of critics but she has always been decent and professional to me — if not entirely forthcoming (and I don't expect any press secretary to be!) https://t.co/bM6Efz2Xmf
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 29, 2018
Although I can appreciate the reaction from the likes of Kelly O’Donnell, Jeff Zeleny and Josh Dawsey I find the partisan reaction rather ironic considering the jabs and ‘locker room talk’ No. 45 has hurled against disabled people, Megyn Kelly, Arianne Zucker, Native Americans (over his Pocahontas jab) and so on.
Hasn’t the President kinda set the tone with this? Or is it a Comedian’s job to rise above the Command-in-Chief?
