Comedian Trevor Noah took aim at lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and praised the important role played by journalists as he marked the return of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner on Saturday. April in Washington DC.
Noah began his speech by mocking the Washington elite for hosting an indoor gathering just weeks after several members of the Biden administration, including members of Congress, contracted COVID-19 after the Gridiron Dinner, which is another event. officially in Washington.
With Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian among the many famous faces in the room, “The Daily Show” host opened his dinner remarks by saying, “It is my great honor to speak at the nation’s most distinguished superspreading event.” .
“Seriously, what are we doing here? None of you learned anything from the Gridiron dinner? Anything?” Noah said.
He continued: “I expect this from Sean Hannity, but the rest of you, what are you doing?” Noah asked. “You have spent the last two years telling everyone the importance of wearing masks and avoiding large gatherings indoors. Then the minute someone offers you a free dinner, you become Joe Rogan.”
Noah noted that many should have known something was wrong when Dr. Anthony Fauci “thought it was too dangerous” to attend the event, while “Pete Davidson thinks it’s okay.”
The last time a president and a comedian shared the same stage at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was six years ago, in 2016, when then-host Larry Wilmore ended his performance with a farewell to Barack Obama. Donald Trump avoided the event while he was in office, and the WHCA dinner was sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
“Thank you for having me here,” Noah told President Joe Biden during his speech. “And I was a little confused as to why me, but then they told me you get the highest approval ratings when a biracial African man is standing next to you.”
“People have been so hard on you, which I don’t understand,” Noah told Biden, before continuing with an inflation-related joke: “Since you’ve taken office, things are really looking up: Gas is high. . , the rent has gone up, the food has gone up. Everything…”
Noah joked, “The real reason it’s such an honor to be here tonight is that we all get to be in the same room as the most powerful man in America. So let’s just leave it for Joe Manchin, everyone.” the problems faced by Democrats in Congress and the need for Senator Manchin’s vote.
Noah mentioned how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was attending the event and talked about his attempts to promote vaccine skepticism and the signing of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. which restricts how LGBTQ+ issues are discussed in classrooms.
“Ron won’t even tell people if he got the booster, or as they say in Florida, ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,'” Noah said, referring to the now-repealed ban on gay people serving openly in the military.
Noah joked about the infamous Chris Rock and Will Smith slap in the face that occurred during the 94th Academy Awards. “We all saw what happened at the Oscars. I’ve actually been a little worried about tonight. I’m not going to lie. What if I make a really bad joke about Kellyanne Conway and her husband runs up onstage and… thank me?”
The comedian hit CNN with several innuendos, starting with the host telling dinner attendees to sit back and relax. But “not ‘too’ comfortable, Jeffrey Toobin,” who apologized after he was caught exposing himself during a Zoom call.
“Where’s Jeffrey Zucker?” Noah asked the former president of CNN, who resigned from the company in February.
“‘Jeff got fired because he tried to keep their relationship a secret in the workplace, which is weird, because if he really didn’t want anyone to know about him, he could have made a show about it on CNN Plus!”
At the end of Noah’s speech, he used his time to challenge the journalists and other media attendees in the room to use their American freedom for good. He also pointed out how journalists in Ukraine were risking their lives.
“In America, you have the right to seek the truth and tell the truth, even if it makes people in power uncomfortable,” Noah said. “Even if it makes viewers or readers uncomfortable. Do you understand how amazing that is? I was here tonight and I made fun of the President of the United States and I’m going to be fine.”
Turning to Biden, he asked, “I’m going to be fine, right?”
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