

Maggie Haberman, the New York Times White House correspondent who was among the evening’s award winners, tweeted that Sanders “sat and absorbed intense criticism of her physical appearance, her job performance, and so forth, instead of walking out, on national television, was impressive.” Her colleague, Peter Baker, wrote, “Unfortunately, I don’t think we advanced the cause of journalism tonight.”Īppearing on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” on Sunday, WHCA president Margaret Talev said, “Michelle Wolf is a comedian, and she speaks for herself, and she has a right to do it.


You know? Is it Sarah Sanders, is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is it Auntie Huckabee Sanders? What’s Uncle Tom, but for white women who disappoint other white women?” “I’m never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Those included jokes aimed at Sanders, who was sitting just a few steps away from Wolf, and was stone faced at some of the scathing humor. Except for you, Jake Tapper.”īut there were other moments that attendees thought were uncomfortable and unfair. Some of Wolf’s jokes were met with laughs in the Washington Hilton ballroom, in particular a joke about Jake Tapper. “I know there’s a lot of people who want me to talk about Russia and Putin and collusion, but I’m not gonna do that - because there’s a lot of liberal media here and I’ve never wanted to know what any of you look like when you orgasm. Everyone is talking about the fact that the White House Correspondents Dinner was a very big, boring bust…the so-called comedian really “bombed.” should host next year! Donald J. While Washington, Michigan, was a big success, Washington, D.C., just didn’t work.
