Comedian Michelle Wolf pushed back against President Donald Trump after he criticized her performance at the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) last year, in a tweet where he said he may attend the function after skipping it repeatedly.
On Tuesday evening Trump tweeted about the WHCA dinner, commenting on how the organization decided to have a biographer be the keynote speaker instead of a comedian.
Wolf’s performance last year was divisive. The jokes ruffled some feathers among some politicians and political journalists, while other people found the performance quite funny.
The change away from a comedian seemed to intrigue the president.
“So-called comedian Michelle Wolf bombed so badly last year at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that this year, for the first time in decades, they will have an author instead of a comedian. Good first step in comeback of a dying evening and tradition! Maybe I will go?” Trump wrote on Twitter.
So-called comedian Michelle Wolf bombed so badly last year at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that this year, for the first time in decades, they will have an author instead of a comedian. Good first step in comeback of a dying evening and tradition! Maybe I will go?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018
Meanwhile, Wolf decided to tweet back at Trump—who has criticized the comedian in the past for her WHCA jokes.
“I bet you’d be on my side if I had killed a journalist. #BeBest,” she wrote on Twitter.
I bet you'd be on my side if I had killed a journalist. #BeBest https://t.co/bZ91Cg0QCr
— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) November 21, 2018
Wolff’s tweet clearly was referencing the statement the president released on Tuesday backing Saudia Arabia despite its killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The dunk by Wolf also poked fun at First Lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” campaign that, in part, focuses on cyberbullying–an irony many have frequently pointed out given the president’s Twitter habits.
People online were all about Wolf’s ripping of the president.
This is:
— Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) November 21, 2018
1. The darkest joke
2. The truest joke
3. The sickest burn
4. Written by my friend Michelle
5. Classic #bebest https://t.co/fO2U9HBhhE
https://twitter.com/mileskahn/status/1065233292893569025
BURN OF THE YEAR! #BeBest https://t.co/w71eZewms9
— Raúl Góngora (@raulgongora) November 21, 2018
Breaking News: Giant Mic drops on White House. Fragile Ego feared dead. #Wolf @whca https://t.co/XsxNYXQwPL
— distantThunder (@bolts6629) November 21, 2018
When you hit the ball so hard you break the bat. https://t.co/Oh5rz7nXD3
— Nimrod Workman (@OctaveFilms) November 21, 2018
Oooof… Gonna need to see a doctor for that burn. https://t.co/yELw4p9tX7
— Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) November 21, 2018
To be fair, the president should have expected a comeback like this.
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