Comedian Michelle Wolf ruffled a few feathers after she took on Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the White House Press Correspondents Dinner on Saturday.

The night was labeled a 'disgrace' by former press secretary Sean Spicer after Wolf dared to poke fun at Sanders' eye makeup.

Reince Priebus also had harsh words for the comedian, writing that her jokes 'started poorly and ended up in the bottom of a canyon'.

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Sean Spicer labeled the White House Corespondents Dinner night a 'disgrace' on Twitter after comedian Michelle Wolf poked fun at Sarah Huckabee Sanders' eye makeup

Wolf was quick to retweet Spicer's jab, receiving 50,000 more likes than his original tweet

'An R/X rated spectacle that started poorly and ended up in the bottom of the canyon,' the former White House chief of staff tweeted on Saturday night.

'Another victory for @realDonaldTrump for not attending and proving his point once again. The room was uncomfortable. Trump lovers and even a large number of Trump haters were pretty miserable.'

Wolf likened Huckabee to a villain from the Handmaid's Tale and complimented the press secretary's makeup during her routine.

'I have to say I'm a little starstruck, I loved you as Aunt Lydia in A Handmaid's Tale,' Wolf told Sanders during the dinner.

'Mike Pence, if you haven't seen it you would love it,' she added.

'I like Sarah, I think she's really resourceful. She burns facts and uses the ash to create a perfect smokey eye,' Wolf said in another joke. 'Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's lies.'

Wolf joked on Saturday night that Sanders 'burns facts and uses the ash to create a perfect smokey eye'

Wolf also joked that Sanders was a white woman who disappoints other white woman.

'I'm never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders,' she began.

'Is it Sarah Sanders, is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is it Cousin Huckabee, is it Aunt Huckabee Sanders?' Wolf said, continuing, 'What's Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women? Ah I Know, Aunt Coulter.'

Wolf later retweed Spicer's post claiming that her routine was a 'disgrace', simply writing 'Thank you!' Her tweet received 60,000 more likes than Spicer's original jab.

She also responded to New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman, who tweeted: '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.'

Wolf also joked that Sanders was a 'white woman who disappoints other white woman'

Wolf compared Sanders to Aunt Lydia, a character from A Handmaid's Tale. In the show, the Aunts are a class of women assigned to indoctrinate Handmaids with the beliefs of the new society and make them accept their fates

Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus was also not amused by Wolf's jokes

But Wolf wasn't afraid to hit back at her critics, including New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman - who claimed Wolf had criticized Sanders' appearance

'Hey mags! All these jokes were about her despicable behavior,' Wolf fired back. 'Sounds like you have some thoughts about her looks though?'

But Haberman was just one of a number of journalists who attended the dinner and claimed Wolf had crossed a line.

New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker tweeted: 'Unfortunately, I don't think we advanced the cause of journalism tonight'.

CNN's Jeff Zeleny retweeted Baker and said he 'couldn't agree more'.

'So much important and amazing journalism this year — that should be the focus, when truth matters and is needed more than ever,' he continued.

But Haberman was just one of a number of journalists who attended the dinner and claimed Wolf had crossed a line. Also upset were NYT's Peter Baker and CNN's Jeff Zeleny

'It was an embarrassment in the room and surely to the audience at home.'

Politico's Kyle Cheney claimed that Wolf was 'spectacularly one-sided', despite the fact that she also hit out at Democrats and journalists themselves.

'Michelle Wolf didn’t fail just because she was (spectacularly) one-sided,' he tweeted.

'It was because she was unnecessarily cruel on a night the WHCA was trying to showcase decency and purpose. Undermined an otherwise meaningful night.'

Meg Kinnard of the Associated Press claimed that Wolf's jokes would make her job harder.

Politico's Kyle Cheney claimed that Wolf was 'spectacularly one-sided' while Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard said the night would make her job harder

'If the #WHCD dinner did anything tonight, it made the chasm between journalists and those who don't trust us, even wider,' she tweeted.

'And those of us based in the red states who work hard every day to prove our objectivity will have to deal with it.'

MSNBC'S Mika Brzezinski, who did not attend the dinner, wrote a scathing three-tweet thread attacking Wolf.

'Watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable,' she wrote.

'I have experienced insults about my appearance from the president. All women have a duty to unite when these attacks happen and the WHCA owes Sarah an apology.'

MSNBC'S Mika Brzezinski, who did not attend the dinner, wrote a scathing three-tweet thread attacking Wolf, who later defended herself

'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.'

As she did with Haberman, Wolf responded to Brzezinski on Twitter and asked: 'Why are you guys making this about Sarah's looks?'

'I said she burns facts and uses the ash to create a *perfect* smoky eye. I complimented her eye makeup and her ingenuity of materials,' she added.

The criticism surrounding Wolf has become so intense among journalists and the GOP that White House Correspondent president Margaret Talev commented on it.

Talev told Politico that some of Wolf's jokes made her 'uncomfortable' and 'did not embody the spirit of the night'.

'I appreciated Sarah Sanders for joining us at the head table and her grace through the program,' she added.

But others came to Wolf's defense, including celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and comedian Kumail Nanjiani.

'Kudos to @michelleisawolf for making the #WHCD circle jerk as painful and awkward is it deserved to be,' Bourdain tweeted.

Nanjiani hit back at Haberman, writing: 'Please quote the exact line that intensely criticized her appearance. You’re a journalist. You should be doing this already.'

'If joking about a smokey eye made of lies is now a personal attack on someone's appearance we have REALLY jumped the fragility shark,' another supporter added.

Sanders wasn't the only White House staff member that Wolf roasted on Saturday night. The comedian also had plenty of jabs ready Donald Trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and more.

'It's 2018 and I am a woman so you cannot shut me up. Unless you have Michael Cohen wire me $130,000,' Wolf joked, referencing the Stormy Daniels controversy.

'You can find me on Venmo under my porn star name: Reince Priebus,' she added, receiving a thumbs up from him in the audinece.

Others were quick to come to Wolf's defense, including celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain

Wolf also addressed the absent president, who decided to hold a rally in Michigan instead, head on.

'I would drag him here myself, but it turns out that the president of the United States is the one p***y you're not allowed to grab,' said Wolf, best known from her work on the Daily Show.

Wolf also took shots at counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway. 'Man, she has the perfect name for what she does. Conway. It's like if my last name was tells-jokes-frizzy-hair-small-tits,' she said.

Ivanka Trump also came under fire as Wolf joked: 'Ivanka, she was supposed to be an advocate for women but she is about as helpful to women as an empty box of tampons.'

Wolf also compared the president's daughter to a 'diaper genie', saying she 'Looks sleek on the outside, but inside is full of s**t.'

One of the evening's most shocking moments came while Wolf was attacking Vice President Mike Pence, and joked about abortion.

'Mike Pence is what happens when Anderson Cooper isn't gay. Mike Pence is the kind of guy who brushes his teeth and then drinks orange juice and thinks, Mmm,' said Wolf.

'He thinks abortion is murder. Which first of all don't knock it til you try it. And when you do try it, really knock it, you gotta get that baby out of there.'

A view of the venue during the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night

The crowd of 3,000 included the Washington DC journalism elite rubbing shoulders with the rich and powerful at the dinner

Wolf said she had decided to attack Trump on the basis of his finances, saying that when it comes to racism, xenophobia, incompetence or impotence 'he's heard all of those and he doesn't care.'

'You might be rich in Idaho but in New York you're just doing fine,' she said.

Using call and response from the audience, she shouted 'Trump is so broke', to which the audience responded 'how broke is he?'

Among her responses were: 'He has to fly failed business class'; 'He looked for foreign oil in Don Jr's hair'; 'Southwest used him as one of their engines'; and 'He had to borrow money from the Russians and now he's compromised.'

Wolf promised however that she wouldn't dwell too much on jokes about Russia, since there were many members of the 'liberal media' present. 'I wouldn't want to see what you look like when you orgasm,' she noted.

Wolf is just the fifth woman to host the annual dinner since the tradition of having comedians perform began in 1983.

Before Wolf delivered the keynote she said she wished Trump had come to the event.

'I like making fun of people to their face...more than behind their backs, so it would have been more fun' if Trump were in the audience, Wolf told CBS' 'This Morning Saturday.'

'None of my jokes changed. It's just nicer to make fun of them when they're there. I think it's cowardly not to go.'

Before Wolf spoke, House Sepaker Paul Ryan performed in a video skit about seeking a new job after he retires from Congress at the end of his term. It was poorly received online.

Michelle Wolf's most biting barbs from the 2018 White House Correspondents Association dinner Michelle Wolf's routine for the White House Correspondents Association dinner on April at the Washington Hilton was raunchy and controversial at times. It including one joke about abortion that visibly unsettled the crowd, and uncomfortable personal attacks on White House staffers present. Here are some of the highlights: ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 'Like a porn star says when she's about to have sex with a Trump, let's get it over with,' Wolf said to open the act. 'You know he's not any good.' 'It's 2018 and I am a woman so you cannot shut me up. Unless you have Michael Cohen wire me $130,000,' said Wolf, referencing the Stormy Daniels controversy. 'You can find me on Venmo under my porn star name: Reince Priebus.' Wolf also addressed Trump's absence head on: 'I would drag him here myself, but it turns out that the president of the United States is the one p***y you're not allowed to grab.' On Trump pulling out of the Paris climate accord, she said: 'He said he was going to pull out and he did, and that's a refreshing quality in a guy.' 'You might be rich in Idaho but in New York you're just doing fine,' she said. Using call and response from the audience, Wolf shouted 'Trump is so broke', to which the audience responded 'how broke is he?' Among her responses were: 'He has to fly failed business class'; 'He looked for foreign oil in Don Jr's hair'; 'Southwest used him as one of their engines'; and 'He had to borrow money from the Russians and now he's compromised.' 'Trump is racist. He loves white nationalists, which is a funny term for a Nazi, it's like calling a pedophile a kid-friend or Harvey Weinstein a lady's man.' And finally: 'He grabs p**sies because he thinks there might be loose change in them.' ON VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE 'Mike Pence is what happens when Anderson Cooper isn't gay. Mike Pence is the kind of guy who brushes his teeth and then drinks orange juice and thinks, Mmm,' said Wolf. 'He thinks abortion is murder. Which first of all don't knock it til you try it. And when you do try it, really knock it, you gotta get that baby out of there.' ON SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS AND KELLYANNE CONWAY The room grew quiet and groans were heard as Wolf directed harsh jokes at White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was sitting just feet away, including attacks on her appearance. 'I have to say I'm a little starstruck, I loved you as Aunt Lydia in A Handmaid's Tale. Mike Pence, if you haven't seen it you would love it,' said Wolf, turning to Sanders. 'Every time Sarah steps up to the podium, I get excited because I'm not really sure what we're gonna get. A press briefing, a bunch of lies, or divided into softball teams. [in deep voice] "It's shirts and skins and this time don't be such a little b***h Jim Acosta."' 'I like Sarah, I think she's really resourceful. She burns facts and uses the ash to create a perfect smokey eye,' the comedian added. '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. Is it Sarah Sanders, is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is it Cousin Huckabee, is it Aunt Huckabee Sanders?' Wolf said, continuing, 'What's Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women? Ah I Know, Aunt Coulter.' Wolf also took shots at counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway. 'Man, she has the perfect name for what she does. Conway. It's like if my last name was tells-jokes-frizzy-hair-small-t*ts.' Ivanka Trump also came under fire: 'Ivanka, she was supposed to be an advocate for women but she is about as helpful to women as an empty box of tampons.' Wolf also compared the president's daughter to a 'diaper genie', saying she 'Looks sleek on the outside, but inside is full of s**t.' ON CONGRESS 'I'm here to make jokes. I have no agenda, I'm not trying to get anything accomplished. So everyone who's here from Congress, we should get right get along.' 'Mitch McConnell isn't here tonight, he had a prior engagement. He's finally getting his neck circumcised.' 'Paul Ryan couldn't make it, of course he's already been circumcised. Unfortunately while they were down there they also took his balls.' ON THE MEDIA 'I known there's a lot of people who want me to talk about Russia, and Putin, and collusion, but I'm not gonna do that because there's also a lot of liberal media here, and I've never really wanted to know what any of you look like when you orgasm. Except maybe for you, Jake Tapper. I bet it's something like this [blank face] "Ok, that's all the time we have."' 'CNN, you guys love breaking news. And you did it, you broke it.' 'Fox News is here so you know what that means, ladies: cover your drinks.' 'We've got MSNBC here. MSNBC's new slogan is 'This Is Who We Are', guys that is not a good slogan.' 'We cannot forget about Rachel Maddow, she's the Peter Pan of MSNBC. But instead of never growing up she never gets to the point. Watching Rachel Maddow is like going to Target. You went in for milk but you left with shampoo, candles and the entire history of the Byzantine Empire.' 'What would I do without Megyn Kelly? Probably be more proud of women.' 'I watch Morning Joe every morning. Now we know Mika and Joe are engaged, it's like when a MeToo works out.' Advertisement

The Washington dinner known as 'nerd prom', which once attracted Oscar winners and buzzed-about stars, comes as Trump routinely slams reporters as dishonest and their work as 'fake news'

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway (left) and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (right with husband Bryan) were among the current White House staffers in attendance - a major shift from last year when none attended

Former Trump aides Sean Spicer and Omarosa Manigault-Newman attended the White House Correspondents' dinner

Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus (left) and Trump's former chief economic advisor Gary Cohn (right) both attended the White House Correspondents' dinner with their wives Sally and Lisa respectively

Comedian Kathy Griffin attends the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton

Anti-gun rights activist David Hogg (right) appeared on the red carpet with his companion Scion Kelly (left)

Unlike last year's event, some of the top current White House staff were in attendance this year, signalling a possible thaw in Trump's often contentious relationship with the press.

Ex-White House staffers were also in abundance at the event, including former Trump advisor Omarosa Manigault-Newman, ousted Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn, as well as Priebus and Spicer.

'The president encouraged his staff to attend and so we did, we felt like it was important,' Sanders said in a red carpet interview with CNN. 'It's gonna be a great night both here and in Michigan.'

Comedian Kathy Griffin, who created uproar last year by posing with a fake severed Trump head, also made an appearance on the red carpet, as did outspoken anti-gun activist David Hogg.

Meanwhile, Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti blasted Trump for failing to attend.

'I think it's entirely disrespectful, I think it's disrespectful to the First Amendment,' said Avenatti, who is representing Daniels in her suit against Trump attempting to invalidate a hush agreement, in which the porn star says she was paid $130,000 to remain silent about a 2006 one-night-stand with Trump.

'If you can't laugh at yourself, you have no business being in the position,' he added.

The Washington dinner known as 'nerd prom', which once attracted Oscar winners and buzzed-about stars, came as Trump routinely slams reporters as dishonest and their work as 'fake news.'

On Saturday night, Trump was in an entirely different Washington from the Correspondents' dinner - Washington Township, Michigan.

Trump posted on Facebook this past week that he would hold a Saturday evening rally in Michigan with his 'favorite deplorables' - a term that Democrat Hillary Clinton used in 2016 to describe some of Trump's campaign supporters.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Saturday night headed for a rally in Michigan. It is the second year in a row he has declined to attend the WHCA dinner

Trump speaks during a rally at Total Sports Park in Washington, Michigan on Saturday night, instead of attending the dinner

Trump's supporters packed into the arena in Washington Township - a far cry from the elite gathering in Washington DC

Trump's aides skipped last year's dinner, when some accompanied Trump to a rally in Pennsylvania where he celebrated his 100th day in office.

This year, however, even with Trump out of town, many White House aides hobnobed with the journalists who cover them.

In 2017, Trump became the first president to skip the event since Ronald Reagan in 1981; Reagan was recovering from an assassination attempt.

He spoke to a large crowd in Total Sports Park in a campaign style rally.

'Is this better than that phony White House Correspondents Dinner,' Trump asked the roaring crowed during his speech.

'I could be up there tonight smiling like I love when they're hitting you, shot after shot. These people, they hate your guts.'