Jimmy Kimmel, Kathy Griffin defend Michelle Wolf’s attack against Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Joe NewbyApril 30, 2018

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As we reported Sunday, alleged comedian Michelle Wolf viciously attacked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during the most recent White House Correspondent’s Dinner, sparking a great deal of backlash. Even some in the so-called “mainstream media” thought her attacks were over-the-top. But two Trump haters, Jimmy Kimmel and Kathy Griffin, defended Wolf, the Daily Caller said.

“Dear ‘the media’ – @michelleisawolf was FUNNY. Hire a juggler next year,” Kimmel tweeted Sunday.

Dear "the media" – @michelleisawolf was FUNNY. Hire a juggler next year.

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 29, 2018

Griffin also weighed in with a series of tweets supporting Wolf.

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“A comic’s job is to go over the line and then push the line and go over it again,” she said. “Great comics aren’t supposed to be safe or careful. That would mean we’re not doing our job. By pushing the line we force people to think differently, to ask questions, and disrupt the status quo.”

A) Ok I have some thoughts on @michelleisawolf's act and the reaction to it from members of the press and other DC insiders. For the record, I was in the room last night. @michelleisawolf's set was great. She was hilarious and confident.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

B) First, @michelleisawolf took no prisoners last night. She roasted Trump, Pence, White House staffers, the media, media personalities. Everyone is focused on Sanders but that was only 1 1/2 minutes of Michelle's act. She went after everyone…as it should be.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

C) @michelleisawolf was hired to do a roast. That was her job. She wasn't hired to offer media analysis or be fair and balanced. She was hired to poke fun at powerful people. Not once did she punch down. She focused on the people/institutions that are powerful beyond measure

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

D) A comic's job is to go over the line and then push the line and go over it again. Great comics aren't supposed to be safe or careful. That would mean we're not doing our job. By pushing the line we force people to think differently, to ask questions, and disrupt the status quo

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

Griffin should know something about pushing the line. As we and others reported, Griffin caused quite a controversy with a photo showing her holding a facsimile of Donald Trump’s bloody severed head.

She ultimately defended Wolf, saying Sanders was Trump’s proxy and therefore deserved what she got:

H) Trump chooses not to attend the #WHCD – instead the White House said Sarah Sanders was attending in his place. She sat on the dais where the President usually sits. So of course she was going to get some of the toughest jokes, she was Trump's proxy.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

And she offered a “theory” as to why the media is upset:

M) I'll tell you what has the media so upset, because @michelleisawolf told the truth about them last night and the role they played in allowing Trump's rise. They hate to be called out on their bullshit, it's painful..I get it. But she said what needed to be said.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

Never mind that the media has been harsher on Trump than perhaps any other president in modern history.

Griffin also suggested that Trump apologize:

N) So journalists are willing to demand that a comic hired to roast people apologize but they aren't willing to demand that Trump or his staff apologize to people? Is that where we're at now? Can someone explain the difference to me?

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) April 29, 2018

Here’s Wolf’s performance at the dinner, if you can stand it…