At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday evening, liberal elitist comedian Michelle Wolf attempted to “roast” the Trump administration, particularly taking aim at the women President Trump employs. Though at previous WHCDs comedians, politicians, and members of the media enjoyed poking fun at the party in power, this particular demonstration showcased a new level of crude and crass jokes that were more ad hominem than they were amusing. If anything, the WHCD showed the height of hypocrisy of the modern feminist movement, which stands by women if they are liberal or progressive but takes fierce aim at women, often personally, if they embrace conservative ideas.
The annual black-tie dinner has a bit of a storied history. Since 1924, every sitting president has attended at least one year. As the years have progressed, the dinner has gone from a fun, light-hearted night out for media, politicians, and Hollywood, to what New York Times writer Soban Deb called “a way for the Washington complex of journalists and power brokers to coat themselves with gaudiness and glamour by mingling for a night with Hollywood celebrities.” This year’s event was no less crude, stupid, and frankly, inane.
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