Trump, others give thumbs-down to dinner’s roast

He noted in a second tweet that his daughter “handled it professionally but I pray her kids never see that”. He assured the audience in Washington Township, Michigan, a state he won in 2016, that he’d rather be there than at “that phony Washington White House Correspondents’ Dinner”.

“He’s helped you sell your papers, and your books and your TV”, she said.

Trump attended the dinner in 2011, where President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers famously mocked him. Sanders was sitting just a few seats away from Wolf at the podium during the monologue and did not seem pleased.

Trump said on Twitter Sunday morning that she “bombed”.

Kumail Nanjani, actor and co-writer of the film The Big Sick, said Sanders did not deserve any pity.

Karl said, “I think that the comedian crossed the line, and this went from poking fun to being mean-spirited“.

“I think the hostilities need to be de-escalated on both sides”.

He added: “I want to forgive and stop hating”.

Conservatives reacted with outrage to Wolf’s humour before her routine had wrapped up, particularly her jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway. There were also strong objections to her material about abortion. People think you might flip the House and Senate this November, but you guys always find a way to mess it up.

“We have always been known as the land of the Reagan Democrats, but right now we are known as Trump country”, Miller said, drawing a roar of applause.

Then the Roseanne star tweeted a similar sentiment herself.

Wolf cracked jokes about the president’s lawyer paying off a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair (“It’s 2018 and I am a woman, so you can not shut me up-unless you have Michael Cohen wire me $130,000”) and Trump’s disputed financial troubles (“Trump is so broke.He looked for foreign oil in Don Jr.’s hair”).

The dinner typically features a comedy act with jokes focusing on the current administration, and this year comedian Michelle Wolf was on “roast” duties. Stephen Colbert’s attacks on George W. Bush in 2006 spring to mind. This year, journalists from CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, and The Washington Post received various awards for journalistic excellence, news coverage on deadline, and excellence in coverage of subjects of significant national or local importance.

On Saturday night, journalists, celebrities, lawmakers and more gathered in Washington for the annual event, a black tie affair typically attended by the president.

Meg Kinnard, a reporter with The Associated Press, expressed a similar concern.

“If DC elites and Trump supporters are upset about the strong opinions of Michelle Wolf at #WHCD, just wait until election night November 2018”, she tweeted. What were you expecting?

The crowd laughed, not knowing what was to come.

She said the WHCD doesn’t preview what the host will say and doesn’t censor the remarks. And she defended Wolf for saying “what she thought was important to say”. Trump was instead at a campaign-style rally in MI. How dare she go after her looks and character.