Tweets on the White House Correspondents Dinner

While we debate whether the comedian at the press dinner told appropriate jokes, Trump has managed to convince millions of Americans that the press is the “enemy of the American people.” https://t.co/r8db5r6cU3

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 29, 2018

I would argue that’s more a problem with Twitter as a medium than anything people individually posted on it. https://t.co/89rpiUllxI

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 29, 2018

First question at the WH briefing should be: “Sarah, considering how you may have felt during the comedy routine at the WHCA dinner last night, can you understand how offensive the President’s words about Muslims, Mexicans, women, paralympians, Chuck Todd are? Will he stop?”

— Dan Shapiro (@DanielBShapiro) April 29, 2018

This was, to me, the most important line in her speech https://t.co/jwepRjRj76

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 29, 2018

I agree with @RepJeffries. It’s fine to mock what others say and do, but now how they look or sound. Such ad hominem or ad feminam attacks do much more harm than good. https://t.co/zn05ecAUyX

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 29, 2018

Sarah Sanders needs to suck it up. She spends her days lying and making excuses for a guy who once called Miss Universe "Miss Piggy" and made her exercise for TV cameras. When she can't justify what he says, she claims he was joking. What she and her boss never do, is apologize.

— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) April 29, 2018

Deleted my WHCD tweet b/c I don't want to start parsing the jokes. My point is this: Responding to objections to X by Trump supporters by saying Trump is worse than X is whataboutism. If you want to defend the jokes or comedy or whatever, fine, but whataboutism is a weak argument

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) April 29, 2018

Both still attended the NBC/MSNBC after party: pic.twitter.com/u9sw6mKDiV

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 29, 2018

I attended the WHCD last night. Donald Trump has so poisoned the atmosphere by attacking the disabled, gold star parents, Muslims, Mexicans, Blacks, women, the press, the rule of law that a comedian who simply tells the truth is offensive? She’s joking. He’s not.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) April 29, 2018

Students walk out of speech: mocks them as “children fleeing from political speech that they disagree with,” also talks about the importance of “learning to listen to a different POV.”

A comedian says a joke that gave him the sads: [marches out, tells the world, safe space, etc] pic.twitter.com/hmnGsgv12b

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) April 29, 2018

Good Point

“how dare that lady comedian be so vulgar” says the crowd that’s clearly delicate like doilies pic.twitter.com/wWTRd8XnKF

— shauna (@goldengateblond) April 29, 2018

Putin and Trump

Bingo! Putin is showing a little leg. He’s reminding Donald how easily he could bring @POTUS down and is thereby adding to the evidence that our president is dangerously beholden to our major foreign adversary. https://t.co/jnl0IhKF9U

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 28, 2018

Trump visits to his properties

Trump has been president for 464 days, which means he’s visited a Trump property 1 out of every 3 days in office. There are so many reasons why this isn’t in accordance with democratic ethics guidelines and yet it’s another unacceptable action that is now broadly accepted. https://t.co/LkREdedlc7

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 28, 2018

The news media should stop giving Trump businesses free publicity by mentioning them by name.

Trump as a toddler

This column in the Washington Post discusses the author’s year of instances of Trump acting like a toddler. Sad!

Another lie on Russia

Why do they keep lying if there’s nothing to hide?

Remember: Trump and allies have repeatedly claimed there was no follow-up to Trump Tower meeting with Russians https://t.co/nDwyM3PeFA

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 28, 2018

I blame Diet Coke

As a Pepsi shareholder, I blame Diet Coke for Trump’s rant on Fox News. How many of his daily dozen Diet Cokes did he have before the call? That’s dangerous stuff!

Protecting the findings of the Mueller investigation

A sealed indictment with a delayed trial eliminates all substantial objections to indicting a sitting president. https://t.co/UFPpBooeob

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 29, 2018

Republicans will use the threat of impeachment to energize their base

I have said before that Democrats should concentrate on issues like health care, gun safety, income inequality, racism, etc. instead of impeachment.

This article discusses how Republicans will use the threat of impeachment if Democrats win the House to energize their voters.

Trump says Republicans need to win the House in 2018 because Maxine Waters and the Democrats will impeach him if they don't.

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 29, 2018

Carson wants to raise rents on the poor

This column states:

“”More than 4 million households will see their rents rise,” Will Fischer, Senior Policy Analyst at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, told Salon. He also emphasized that the effect of Carson’s new policy on poor families would be devastating.”

Sad!