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Comedian's Sarah Sanders 'roast' stuns White House Correspondents' Dinner
April 29, 2018 at 10:33
It is an American press tradition that goes back decades: the US president endures a friendly ribbing in front of an audience of journalists, all in the name of charity.
But with Donald Trump skipping the White House Correspondents' Dinner for the second year running, the honour of attending this year went to his press secretary, Sarah Sanders.
Sanders said the president had encouraged his staff to attend, and that she thought it was "important for us to be here".
After enduring biting mockery from comedian Michelle Wolf, she looked as though she might be regretting the choice.
Many administration officials, including the president himself, became the butt of the joke. (Trump tweeted the following morning that he thought the event was "boring" and that Wolf "bombed".)
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