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In the wake of the vile “comedy” performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, we’ve seen a future president of the association denounce the act and the current president refusing to say the act “crossed a line.” And while the current White House Correspondents’ Association president was refusing to say what so many journalists were, former WHCA President Ed Henry was on Fox News Channel’s Media Buzz on Sunday condemning the act and calling on the association to issue a formal apology.
“Last night's White House Correspondents’ Dinner turned into a travesty when comedian Michelle Wolf turned in a crude and cursing performance and not only trashing the President, but such aides as Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who’s sitting right there on the dais, and Kellyanne Conway,” announced host Howard Kurtz as he began the segment.
After playing a clip from the night, Kurtz brought on Henry, who’s also Fox News’ Chief National correspondent, to discuss comedian Michelle Wolf’s profanity-laden screed. “Even worse, she was joking about abortion. I won’t even repeat the jokes they were so vile,” Henry declared.
Henry noted that the First Amendment, obviously, protected Wolf’s right to say those things but said they go against the mission of the association. “However, I think it's long past time—here we are, hours later-- for the association to put out a simple one statement sentence say[ing], ‘We do not agree with this,’” he argued. “The association should apologize, period, stop.” He even brought up the double standard that would exist if it was Hillary Clinton on the stage.
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