Trump-era White House Correspondents' dinners are somewhat subdued affairs—our thin-skinned president is off basking in the adoration of his base at a rally, and the stars who studded the event during the Obama years are nowhere to be found. Enter former Daily Show contributor Michelle Wolf, who offered a truly no-holds-barred attack on the Trump administration.

"Like a pornstar says when she’s about to have sex with a Trump," she opened, "Let’s get this over with." Wolf worked her way through the litany Trump administration disgraces, touching on the Roy Moore scandal, the revolving door of cabinet officials, and Don Jr.'s impressively slick mane.

Wolf's routine was raunchier than that of her predecessors. She was reluctant to talk about Russia and collusion, she said, as there were many members of the liberal media in the audience. "And I've never really wanted to know what any of you look like when you orgasm. Except for maybe you, Jake Tapper."

She also described the MeToo movement as "probably the reason I'm here."

"They were like, 'A woman's probably not going to jerk off in front of anyone, right?'" said Wolf. "And to that, I say, 'Don't count your chickens.'"

But it's her riff on Sarah Huckabee Sanders—who was seated, stone-faced, a few feet away her—that's attracted the most controversy.

Every time Sarah steps up to the podium, I get excited because I'm not really sure what we're going to get: you know, 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, and then she uses the ash to create a perfect smoky eye. Like, maybe she's born with it; maybe it's lies. It's probably lies.



And I'm never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders. You know, is it Sarah Sanders? Is Sarah Huckabee Sanders? Is it Cousin Huckabee? Is it Auntie Huckabee Sanders? Like, what's Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women? Oh, I know: Aunt Coulter.

Wolf's routine attracted criticism from some journalists, and not just fire-breathing Fox News stalwarts. The New York Times' Maggie Haberman chimed in on Twitter.

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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

AP reporter Meg Kinnard also criticized the night's procedings, tweeting, "If the #WHCD dinner did anything tonight, it made the chasm between journalists and those who don't trust us, even wider. And those of us based in the red states who work hard every day to prove our objectivity will have to deal with it."



Others defended Wolf's routine, arguing that expecting a comedian to adhere to standards of decorum amid the unprecedented vulgarity of the Trump era would be unrealistic and itself a disservice to journalism.

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We're talking about a guy who implied he didn't like the view of Hil from behind. Who said his accusers were lying bc "did you see her?" Ivanka, Kellyanne, SHS & Megyn are soft targets, as many women are, for looks gags. The discipline of avoiding that is its own accomplishment. — Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) April 29, 2018

The controversy has overshadowed Wolf's closing line. "All right, like an immigrant who was brought here by his parents and didn't do anything wrong, I gotta get the fuck out of here," said Wolf. "Good night. Flint still doesn't have clean water."

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The most offensive line in Michelle Wolf’s routine was “Flint still doesn’t have clean water;” if something else she said bothers you more than that then maybe we shouldn’t trust your judgment about anything. — dismantle the mpd (@anamariecox) April 29, 2018

Check out Wolf's entire routine below.

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Gabrielle Bruney Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture.

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