The temper was something however gentle on the White Home Correspondents’ Affiliation Dinner in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night time. Simply exterior the Washington Hilton, the place the occasion passed off, demonstrators gathered to protest the continuing Israel–Hamas Struggle, carrying bloody press jackets to represent the 97 Palestinian journalists killed to this point because the October 7 assault on Israel by Hamas.
That was the scene that greeted journalists, politicos, and celebrities together with Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris, Gayle King, host Colin Jost’s spouse Scarlett Johansson, White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and Florida Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost as they convened for an evening usually recognized for permitting media and political energy gamers to decorate up and have some enjoyable at each other’s expense. Nevertheless, comedy was the last word enterprise of the night time, and President Joe Biden finally obtained right down to it, skewering former President Donald Trump (and, to be truthful, his personal media repute) earlier than introducing Jost. Under, discover a roundup of Jost’s greatest, most on-the-nose political jokes:
“Wordle is right here! Sorry, I imply the New York Instances. I forgot they do stuff along with puzzles.”
It’s not solely clear how this joke went down with the New York Instances journalists within the room, however the laughs had been positively audible.
“The president doesn’t name it cocaine, he calls it high-speed rail.”
Any joke that references Biden’s excessive enthusiasm for Amtrak is humorous to me, whether or not it comes from Jost or from Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock.
“We’re all right here tonight at ‘nerd promenade’…nicely, Matt Gaetz is at common promenade.”
Thanks, Jost, for remembering what Gaetz has occurring.
“It’s after 10 p.m. Sleepy Joe remains to be awake, whereas Trump has spent the final week falling asleep in court docket each morning—although Fox Information simply stated he was being anti-woke.”
Positive, making enjoyable of Fox Information at an occasion like that is low-hanging fruit, however typically low-hanging fruit is scrumptious.
“The New York playboy took your abortion rights away, and the man who’s attempting to present them again is an 80-year-old Catholic.”
Too actual.
