The mood was anything but light Saturday evening at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, DC. Just outside the Washington Hilton, where the event took place, demonstrators gathered to protest the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. bloody press jackets to symbolize So far, 97 Palestinian journalists have been killed since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7.
That was the scene that greeted journalists, politicians and celebrities Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris, Gayle King, hosting Colin Jost’s wife Scarlett Johansson, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Florida Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost as they gathered for an evening normally known for allowing media and political power players to dress up and have some fun at each other’s expense. Comedy, however, was the ultimate activity of the evening, and President Joe Biden ultimately addressed it former President Donald Trump (and, to be fair, his own media reputation) before introducing Jost. Below you will find an overview of Jost’s best, most sharp political jokes:
‘Wordle is here! Sorry I meant New York Times. I had forgotten that they also do other things besides puzzles.â€
It is not entirely clear how this joke with the New York Times journalists in the room, but the laughter was certainly audible.
“The president doesn’t call it cocaine, he calls it high-speed trains.”
Every joke that references Biden’s extreme enthusiasm for Amtrak is funny to me, whether it comes from Jost or Jack Donaghy 30 Rock.
“We’re all here tonight at the nerd prom… well, Matt Gaetz is at the regular prom.â€
Thanks, Jost, for remembering what Gaetz has going on.
“It’s after 10 p.m. Sleepy Joe is still awake, while Trump has spent every morning in the courtroom asleep for the past week — even though Fox News just said he was anti-woke.â€
Of course, making fun of Fox News at an event like this is low-hanging fruit, but sometimes low-hanging fruit is delicious.
