Sarah Sanders Got Roasted So Hard Last Night People Are Actually Feeling Sorry For Her

'I love you as Aunt Lydia in the Handmaid’s Tale.'
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The annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner has always been an opportunity for some no-holds barred gags at the expense of the President.

But with Donald Trump once again refusing to attend it was instead Press Secretary Sarah Sanders who bore the brunt of a particularly savage roasting this year.

Comedian Michelle Wolf pulled no punches and didn’t let the President off the hook, introducing her speech with: “Like a porn star says when she’s about to have sex with Trump, ‘Let’s get this over with’.”

Michelle Wolf destroys Sarah Huckabee Sanders at #WHCD pic.twitter.com/lcPBzCnud6

— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) April 29, 2018

On Sarah Sanders

“We’re graced with Sarah’s presence tonight. I have to admit I’m a little star-struck - I love you as Aunt Lydia in the Handmaid’s Tale.”

“Every time Sarah steps up to the podiumI get excited because I’m not sure what we’re going to get. A press briefing, a bunch of lies, or divided into softball teams. ’IT’S SHIRTS AND SKINS AND THIS TIME DON’T BE SUCH A LITTLE BITCH, JIM ACOSTA.”

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

“I’m never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders,” she said. “Is it Sarah Sanders? Is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders? Is it Cousin Huckabee? Is it Auntie Huckabee Sanders? What’s Uncle Tom, but for white women who disappoint other white women?”

And Sanders wasn’t the only person who was a target.

On Kellyanne Conway

Michelle Wolf: "It's like that old saying, 'If a tree falls in the woods, how do we get Kellyanne under that tree?' I'm not suggesting she gets hurt, just stuck."

Kellyanne:

👀🔥 #WHCD pic.twitter.com/N576VpXW4l

— Jo Yurcaba (@JoYurcaba) April 29, 2018

On Trump

Michelle Wolf at #WHCD: “I would drag [Trump] here myself, but it turns out the president of the United States is the one pussy you're not allowed to grab.” pic.twitter.com/BjDy1K4c0f

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 29, 2018

And Clinton For... Balance

Michelle Wolf: "It is kind of crazy the Trump campaign was in contact with Russia when the Hillary campaign wasn't even in contact with Michigan." (via CNN) pic.twitter.com/zPInTbsrBB

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 29, 2018

The set prompted some to express sympathy and a begrudging respect for Sanders.

That @PressSec sat and absorbed intense criticism of her physical appearance, her job performance, and so forth, instead of walking out, on national television, was impressive.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 29, 2018

Women who use their government positions to spread lies and misinformation deserve to face the same withering criticism as men. But leave our looks out of it. Watching from home, I hurt for Sarah, her husband and her children.

— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) April 29, 2018

Being mean is not really funny.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 29, 2018

But of course many others did not.

I'll start feeling sorry for Sarah Huckabee Sanders on the day that she stops telling repeated lies to the American people

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) April 29, 2018

To the right wingers freaking out about Michelle Wolf taking Sarah Huckabee Sanders to task at the #WHCD – have a sign and take a seat.
Oh. And thoughts & prayers of course. pic.twitter.com/GJbECC7mgb

— Deacon Blues 💦 (@Phreaddie) April 29, 2018

Trump skipped the event for the second year in a row, presumably still smarting from being the brunt of a now-legendary routine from Barack Obama in 2011.

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