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People Are Rolling Their Eyes Over Everyone Who Claims To Be Offended By Michelle Wolf’s Jokes

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The weekend’s White House Correspondents Dinner was certainly provocative, thanks to a cutting and no-holds-barred performance from comedian Michelle Wolf. However, there are many people who now say that Wolf’s comments about the Trump administration were actually too offensive.

Wolf didn’t pull any punches during her speech, and the public apparently felt that such brutal honesty was inappropriate (despite the fact that our current president makes offensive remarks on a startlingly regular basis).

Following the WHCD, Wolf received criticism from many media personalities, including Mika Brzezinski, who was perturbed by Wolf’s comments about Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Many people felt compelled to point out that Brzezinski referring to Sanders as a “wife and mother” rather than a “press secretary” was a total cop-out.

Maggie Haberman, from the New York Times, also felt that Wolf’s comments were somehow out of line.

Twitter was less than impressed by Haberman’s blatant attempt at neutrality, though.

Even CNN’s Chris Cillizza shared his two cents, in which he referred to Wolf’s routine as “bullying.”

This comment, of course, coming from a guy who compiled and praised Trump’s unflattering nicknames for his political enemies.

Of course, many conservatives were also infuriated by Wolf’s jokes, from Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, to former Press Secretary Sean Spicer, to comedian Roseanne Barr. Again, Twitter was quick to tell Wolf’s critics to sit down.

Even Donald Trump himself had a small Twitter tantrum over the routine (as expected).

People were also flabbergasted that so many were taking umbrage to comments about Sarah Sanders’ “perfect eye makeup.” (Which wasn’t even the subject of Wolf’s joke.)

Overall, many agreed that the backlash seems highly hypocritical, particularly considering how often Sanders excuses Trump’s crude remarks as being “jokes.”

However, the White House Correspondents Association still saw fit to apologize for Wolf’s monologue after it drew such criticism.

Many were baffled by this move, especially since scathing routines are de rigueur at the annual event.

Many felt dispirited by the fact that the (largely Democratic) press couldn’t even work up the cajones to side with Wolf in the face of such thin-skinned outrage.

After all, it seems that many are forgetting the transgressions that this administration has committed against so many minority groups — and the fact that Trump’s cohort might deserve every single crude joke that comes its way.

And honestly? If your main takeaway from Wolf’s monologue was that she said some “mean” things about Donald Trump and Co., then perhaps you should rewatch the monologue in its entirety — because you may very well be missing the point.