Liberals being liberals.
Via Axios:
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner ended with a barrage of vulgar anti-Trump jokes by comedian Michelle Wolf, who attacked the appearance of White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who was sitting with her at the head table.
What they’re saying: White House officials in the audience thought Wolf’s patter went too far, and thought the attacks on Sanders and Kellyanne Conway were too personal.
Be smart: That creates a new hurdle for the White House Correspondents’ Association to lure President Trump, who has snubbed the dinner the last two years.
The reaction:
ABC’s Jon Karl, a WHCA board member, said on “Good Morning America”: “I think the comedian crossed the line and this went from poking fun to being mean-spirited.”
Drudge’s banner headline: “SMUT STAND-UP SHOCKS DC!”
Trump tweets: “While Washington, Michigan, was a big success, Washington, D.C., just didn’t work. Everyone is talking about the fact that the White House Correspondents Dinner was a very big, boring bust…the so-called comedian really “bombed.” [Fox’s] @greggutfeld should host next year! @PeteHegseth.”
Why it matters:
If the dinner can only attract liberal presidents and liberal comedians, the conclusion is inevitable.
Reality check from Jon Favreau, Crooked Media co-founder and “Pod Save America” co-host:
“Comedian ends comedy dinner by saying that Flint still doesn’t have clean water, an attempt to point out Washington’s continued neglect of people who need help. Washington responds with a rigorous debate about the tone and civility of the comedian’s jokes. Perfect.”
“I really don’t know if I can handle a week of fighting over a comedy speech at a dinner.”How things went off the rails:
The Gridiron Club, which hosts another major dinner for Washington reporters, has a rule for its roasters: “Singe, don’t burn.”
And one guest told me a good rule of thumb for comedy is not to attack how people look or who they are.
Wolf — an alumnus of “The Daily Show” who has a Netflix talk show coming May 27 — didn’t follow either of those, and said after an anatomical joke: “Should’ve done more research before you got me to do this.”
She made several uses of a vulgarity that begins with “p,” in an audience filled with Washington officials, top journalists and a few baseball legends (Brooks Robinson, Tony La Russa and Dennis Eckersley).