Comedian Roasts Sarah Huckabee Sanders At White House Correspondents' Dinner

Michelle Wolf, a former writer of The Daily Show and current host of this year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner, completely obliterated Trump and Co. last night. It seemed like no one was safe from the fires of her roast, and with good reason — that’s literally what the WHCD is for.

Wolf is facing some criticism today, however, for a few pointed jabs aimed at White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But the flack she’s getting is total bullshit.

After properly skewering a few other members of the Trump administration and the media, Wolf called attention to Sanders: “I have to say, I’m a little starstruck. I love you as Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Get it? Because both Aunt Lydia and Sarah Huckabee Sanders are ministers of propaganda amid a dystopian hellscape! But that’s not the part that’s got people clutching their pearls.

“I actually really like Sarah,” Wolf continued. “I think she’s very resourceful. Like, she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Maybe she’s born with it, maybe its lies. It’s probably lies.”

Some members of the media are saying Wolf attacked Sanders’ looks. Which, no. Wolf took to Twitter to push back.

Morning Joe‘s Mike Brzezinski says Sanders was “humiliated for her looks” on national television. Which, again, no.

At best, it was a backhanded compliment about the press secretary’s ability to master a killer smoky eye while delivering awful, non-objective, selective “facts” to deceive the American public every single day. At worst, it’s an intense criticism of Sanders’ character. Neither one of those scenarios is unjust, though.

Also, the WHCD has always, always, been a Comedy Central Roast but for politicians and journalists. Which is exactly why Trump skipped out on it last year and once again this year — he can’t handle the heat.

Many people were quick to point out the hypocrisy of being offended by a comedian’s spot-on jokes at an event solely meant for a comedian to deliver spot-on jokes in the era of a Trump presidency.

You can be a feminist and still come for other women (with valid reason) — those two things can exist at the same time. Especially if said woman is complicit in creating a cult of personality for a President who oppresses the oppressed on a daily basis.

It’s also worth noting that out of all the jokes, jabs, roasts, and owns Wolf delivered last night, the angle that’s garnering the most attention is the “Wolf vs. Sanders” portion of the evening. Boy, people sure do have some Serious Feelings about eyeliner mockery.

A joke about makeup doesn’t mean Sarah Huckabee Sanders — someone who lies, pathologically, to the press every single day — deserves our sympathy. Enough with the fake outrage, already.