Michelle Wolf, who was brought in for the comedy routine Saturday for the White House Correspondents Association dinner , told a groan-inducing joke about abortion that afterwards drew a wave of backlash from conservative figures.
The joke centered on Vice President Mike Pence’s anti-abortion stance position.
“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.”
The joke from the “Daily Show” writer was poorly received inside and out of the venue.
“I love irreverent humor. Abortion is not funny it’s a human tragedy. Wh correspondents Assoc owes America an apology,” tweeted Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union.