+1 RT @mikememoli: "I survived the Donna Edwards #wpcfdinner speech of 2014" #isitdoneyet ?
— Ed Henry (@edhenry) February 6, 2014
At the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner Wednesday night, tweeters on hand reported that Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Mass.) tried her hand at comedy, and apparently failed miserably:
Rep. Donna Edwards is an epic bomb at WPCF dinner. It's painful.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) February 6, 2014
I am hurting for Donna Edwards right now at the #wpcfdinner. Standup comedy is hard.
— Michael Rose (@dcmichaelrose) February 6, 2014
Quote at my table: "She should stick to her day job."
— Bob Cusack (@BobCusack) February 6, 2014
The silence / awkward chuckles are deafening. #wpcfdinner
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) February 6, 2014
Donna Edwards. Ouch. #wpcfdinner
— Christopher Thorne (@cs_thorne) February 6, 2014
That Edwards speech was just….. I don't know. So painful #wpcfdinner
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) February 6, 2014
I'm wondering if Donna Edwards could have made this crowd more uncomfortable by just like taking her clothes off or something. Not likely.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 6, 2014
Let’s not judge too quickly. How about an example of one of the jokes first:
@repdonnaedwards: we want to make sure that every american has access to free birther control #wpcfdinner
— Jay Newton-Small (@JNSmall) February 6, 2014
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Eeeek.
Sen. Jeff Flake had some Nancy Pelosi-style advice for Rep. Edwards:
https://twitter.com/JWmsDC/status/431262626241593344
Embrace the flop! #wpcfdinner
— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) February 6, 2014
The only positive reviews for Rep. Edwards came for this “Scandal” parody video which was played at the beginning of her sppech:
https://twitter.com/EvanMcSan/status/431264480551768064"@repdonnaedwards started strong w/the (#Scandal) video. She probably should have kept things short" — fellow House Dem after #wpcfdinner
— Warren Rojas (@WARojas) February 6, 2014