Posted on 04/30/2018 6:08:33 AM PDT by Enlightened1
President Trump on Sunday joined in on the criticism of comedian Michelle Wolf's performance at this year's White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner, calling her "filthy" and slamming the event as an "embarrassment."
The White House Correspondents Dinner was a failure last year, but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it, Trump tweeted.
The filthy comedian totally bombed (couldnt even deliver her lines-much like the Seth Meyers weak performance). Put Dinner to rest, or start over! he added, referencing Meyers' 2011 headlining performance in which he roasted Trump. That same event also featured former President Obama mocking Trump, who at the time was one of the leading figures in the "birther" movement. Some point to Obama's monologue that night as the moment that led Trump to run for president.
Trump did not attend Saturday night's gala. For the second consecutive year, he held a campaign rally outside the nations capital that coincided with the event.
In his absence, Wolf gave a 20-minute monologue that took aim at the president, Vice President Pence, Ivanka Trump, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the media and others.
Numerous journalists and conservative commentators expressed disapproval with Wolf's remarks, saying she had gone too far, particularly in her jokes aimed at Sanders.
Some reporters went as far as to suggest the dinner cease to exist in its current form.
WHCA president Margaret Talev said in a statement Sunday night that Wolf's monologue "was not in the spirit" of the organization's mission of promoting journalism and a free press.
Celebrities and a number of other journalists have defended Wolf, arguing that she did what she was hired to do in roasting the current administration. Others pointed out that the president has made vulgar remarks and pushed conspiracy theories without apologizing.
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Good points. I remember some CS Lewis piece where he showed that coarse jokes proved the Fall of man. Who but a once whole/now divided creature would laugh at itself?
Even in comedy clubs with their own show, the star comic can go too far by abusing the audience past the point of ha-ha discomfort.
I don’t think that the media realizes that when we turn on the news at CNN, MSNBC, etc., they are all Michelles to us, all of them are vile and hate-filled. I think they chose the right person to represent them and she did a great job!
Who picks up the tab??
The Democrats have lost the claim (albeit false) to the high ground.
Nailed it.
My favorite is the Toulon, Illinois farmer. The gentleman is hilarious and Johnny just does what he does best.
It's about the story and Johnny was a master at letting folks tell their stories.
Pretty strange looking woman.
Wow! That was fantastic. Precisely what I was talking about. Thank you!
“...WHCA president Margaret Talev said in a statement Sunday night that Wolf’s monologue “was not in the spirit” of the organization’s mission...”
However it WAS presented by the organization.
And it was hateful and disgusting.
She is filthy and she knows it
The left is so desperate they weaponized the WHCA.
Birds of a feather. They want it because they are filth.
As I recall one year he made a little comic video about searching around his office for the missing WMDs from Iraq. Such a riot with our boys dying over there. What a dope to play their game. These vermin need to be crushed; playing ball with them will never be a productive excercixe
She may have been filthy, but the WH correspondents got exactly what they wanted, and a “person” who is very representative of themselves. They are only moving away from her because they happened to misjudge the level of hostility they managed to whip up.
Filthy Michelle Wolf = Hollywood & DNC
2 4 the price of 1
I’ve been enjoying old Dean Martin celebrity roasts on Youtube recently.
now those were the good old days.
foster Brooks really cracks me up..
>>>President Obama mocking Trump, who at the time was one of the leading figures in the “birther” movement<<<
I don’t recall Donald Trump being a “leading figure” in the Birther movement. I do recall him commenting on it based on information what was being discussed and the obviously faked Birth Certificate(s)...
>>>As I recall one year he made a little comic video about searching around his office for the missing WMDs from Iraq<<<
I recall that as well. I was embarrassed by it and was thinking WTH is in the mind of Bush’s Chief of Staff who starred in the Video.
I also remember feeling bad for POTUS Bill Clinton when Don Imus was up there acting like the Ass he is. I was not a Fan of POTUS Clinton, but Imus went way over the line IMHO.
You can bet a dollar to a donut that nobody on the Left feels bas for Sarah Huckabee, which shows the difference between them and us. Leftists have no empathy for anyone who doesn’t follow them, their Souls are an empty vessel.
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