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Trump: End the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Kathy Griffin: Stop Holding Trump to Lower Standards

Andy Towle April 30, 2018 Leave a Comment

On Sunday night, Donald Trump added to his commentary about the White House Correspondents Dinner, the annual roast hosted this year by Michelle Wolf which traditionally delivers controversial comedy about the presidency.

Tweeted Trump: “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a failure last year, but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it. The filthy “comedian” totally bombed (couldn’t even deliver her lines-much like the Seth Meyers weak performance). Put Dinner to rest, or start over!”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/990782291667488768

In counterpoint, let’s hear from Kathy Griffin:

A) Ok I have some thoughts on @michelleisawolf's act and the reaction to it from members of the press and other DC insiders. For the record, I was in the room last night. @michelleisawolf's set was great. She was hilarious and confident.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

C) @michelleisawolf was hired to do a roast. That was her job. She wasn't hired to offer media analysis or be fair and balanced. She was hired to poke fun at powerful people. Not once did she punch down. She focused on the people/institutions that are powerful beyond measure

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

E) Comics by their nature are anti-establishment. They are charged with the often unenviable task of going after people in power. It's a lot easier to tell jokes about the difference between LA and NYC or cats and dogs.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

G) Is that journalists often say they can't use certain language about Trump because they have to be objective. Fine. But they're willing to use words like "mean" about a comic's act? How is it objective to offer subjective commentary about a comic's joke's about POTUS?

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

I) The calls for the @whca and @michelleisawolf to apologize are absurd. They're coming from reporters and many Trumpers. Trump has famously (and he says this himself) never truly apologized because he thinks it makes him look weak.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

K) Andrea, it was nice to meet you last night and I respect your work as a journalist, but when's the last time you demanded Trump or WH staffers apologize for their horrific statements? When's the last time you demanded Trump apologize for being a birther?https://t.co/tn9HkDOOq9

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

M) I'll tell you what has the media so upset, because @michelleisawolf told the truth about them last night and the role they played in allowing Trump's rise. They hate to be called out on their bullshit, it's painful..I get it. But she said what needed to be said.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

O) This administration (and the reporters who intentionally or indirectly support it) are always demanding that artists apologize. From the Hamilton Cast to me to @michelleisawolf. But they never apologize for anything.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

Q) Not to mention, apologize for comments like "blood coming out of her…" – but no they haven't demanded that of him because they're terrified of Trump. Instead, they go after a comic who is paid to make jokes. They go after her instead of a man with real power. Pathetic.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

S) Stop acting like @michelleisawolf showed up at the playground and started making fun of Sarah Sanders in front of her children. Sarah was there representing Trump, on the dais, at an event with a professional comic who was hired to do a roast.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

U) What people are forgetting is how many people/institutions she hit in her act. In fact, while all these reporters are preaching about their objectivity, Michelle was in many ways more objective than them. She went after MSNBC, the liberal media and their Russia obsession..

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 30, 2018

W. @michelleisawolf did what a good roast master does…she spread the roast around..everyone got hit. That's the way you do it, so people can walk away not feeling like they were targeted, but that the roast master took down the whole room.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 30, 2018

W. @michelleisawolf did what a good roast master does…she spread the roast around..everyone got hit. That's the way you do it, so people can walk away not feeling like they were targeted, but that the roast master took down the whole room.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 30, 2018

Z. Just imagine when people around the world see the @WHCA dinner and see a comic making fun of the President…isn't that what we used to be about? Offering hope? Setting an example?

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 30, 2018

Topics: Comedy, Politics, towleroad More Posts About: Daily Resist, Donald Trump, Kathy Griffin, Michelle Wolf, White House Correspondents' Dinner

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