#StandwithSarah and #StandwithSarahSanders have become popular hashtags on Twitter following the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday evening — which featured a controversial after-dinner program showcasing comedian Michelle Wolf’s critical commentary on White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Twitter continues to reverberate in the aftermath of the event. Some tweets expressed dismay that a much-ballyhooed “war on women” is waged on occasion by women themselves. This is not a new phenomenon for those close to President Trump.
“Democrats love to talk about the war on women,” Mrs. Sanders told Fox News during an appearance over a year ago after Ivanka Trump was subject to insults. “The only war on women that I see is the one that’s being waged against every woman and every female that is close to this president. They constantly want to talk about women’s empowerment.”
The press secretary has fierce defenders, poised to stand up to her critics.
“They hate Sarah Huckabee Sanders because she represents every aspect of American womanhood that we admire: intelligence, grace, empowerment, patriotism, and beauty,” tweeted veteran actor James Woods.
In his own tweet, Mr. Trump has already called for the annual journalists dinner to be “put to rest” or done over. Fox News anchor Bret Baier also tweeted that the White House Correspondents Association skip next year’s dinner and spend the year fundraising for journalism scholarship, then return in 2020 — “rebooted and retooled.”
Ms. Wolf, in the meantime, is preparing for her new Netflix show, “The Break,” a sketch and variety series to debut May 27.
• Jennifer Harper can be reached at jharper@washingtontimes.com.
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