Comedian Michelle Wolf headlined the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night, roasting everyone from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to CNN’s Jake Tapper.
Wolf’s remarks were so raunchy that Matt Schlapp — chairman of the American Conservative Union and a former Koch Industries vice president — and his wife Mercedes Schlapp — the White House’s director of strategic communications — walked out of the event complaining about “elites mocking all of us.”
Michael Calderone, Politico’s senior media reporter, later noted that both Schlapps attended the NBC/MSNBC after party for the event.
President Donald Trump, who did not attend the dinner for the second year in a row, said he’d heard it was a “very big, boring bust.”
Judge for yourself, via ABC News:
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“Wolf’s remarks were so raunchy that Matt Schlapp — chairman of the American Conservative Union and a former Koch Industries vice president — walked out of the event complaining about “elites mocking all of us.””
Yes because Michelle Wolf is the elite and the Koch industry guy is the poor common man just trying to make ends meet.
I thought her performance was kind of weak belly laugh-wise. On the other hand, her comments were scathing and she was merciless, which I enjoyed immensely.
Kudos to Wolf.
ETA I see Tony Bourdain agrees.
Komrad Puppet will never get over the beat down he got from President Obama at his last WH Correspondents’ Dinner, even if he lives to be 200.
Yeah, I suppose you could call this raunchy if it were 1972. Quite funny in spots. Any wingnuts want to flounce off in a huff, feel free.
It appears that the Waterford Crystal-delicate fee-fees of our stalwart and brave media mavens were hurt by Ms. Wolf’s honest appraisal of them, especially when she pointed out:
“(Trump) has helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster & now you’re profiting off of him.”
Of course, they pretended to be offended by Ms. Wolf’s attacks on serial and unapologetic liar Sarah Huckabee Sanders, when the only thing of Ms. Sanders’ appearance Wolf made fun of was her smoky eye make-up. But I guess they needed some excuse for their feigned outrage.
And my fave rave, Maggie Haberman, Star Journamalist, stood up for poor Sarah, who has lied to the DC press corps more than Donald Trump has looked in the mirror. I have been criticized endlessly here for my animosity towards Haberman, as though my dislike of her has something to do with misogyny or sexism, but any member of the press who defends a liar like Sanders deserves to be called out. Ms. Wolf could have been much, much more insulting toward Sanders, and Sanders would have deserved every bit of ridicule. But Haberman jumps to Sanders’ defense in a heartbeat, which says plenty about her journalistic priorities, so don’t expect me to feel any guilt about criticizing Mags in the future.
But my favorite part of the whole affair was Stormy Daniels attorney (and my nominee for “Sexiest Member of the American Bar Association”) Michael Avenetti photobombing Kellyanne Conway, who apparently thought she was attending a Cosplay event, since she came dressed as Donald Trump’s first wife Ivana: