“You’re the most powerful person in the world, and you can’t listen to a comedian roast you for five minutes?” Bee said, before listing names of people she deemed to be braver than Trump, including undocumented immigrants and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
WASHINGTON — DC stands for “Death of Comedy,” so the old beltway joke goes.The late-night host of TBS' “Full Frontal” visited Washington for the second year to roast President Donald Trump at the “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” Bee’s alternative to the annual black-tie White House Correspondents’ Association gala.
The event will air on TBS at 10 p.m. Saturday night, the same time as the actual correspondents' gala. Proceeds from Bee’s event were to benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists. Bee said she thought the WHCA caved into criticism that comedian Michelle Wolf’s 2018 set went too far in making fun of administration officials, particularly White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. Bee herself has faced pushback from White House officials for her comedy. Last year, she“I really believe that the current president should have to face someone once a year who calls him on his s---,” Bee said at Friday's dinner. “So Donald, I am going to roast you as if you were here tonight.
the actual WHCA dinner Saturday night for the third year in a row. He is the first president since Ronald Reagan to skip the gala .Her set included a skit featuring professors and critics, such as New York University’s Jay Rosen, that chided the media for its obsession with appearing fair and balanced and the need to always show two sides, even when covering climate change.
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