Unlike last year, celebrities were hard to find, and a few journalists in attendance even confessed on social media that dinner was lousy and the vibe depressing. At least there was comedian Hasan Minhaj’s set to cap off the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night.
Reviews were mixed, and attendees not only had to wait until the end of the night for Minhaj to perform; once he did get his show on the road, there was another wait for the jokes, according to Fox Business Network host Kennedy.
Waiting for @hasanminhaj to be funny
— Kennedy (@KennedyNation) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @exjon @hasanminhaj Omg me too!!!!
— roberta0217 (@roberta0217) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj so is anyone who ever paid him
— Richard O'Malley (@TOProject) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj That will be a LONG wait…….
— E.A. Mercado (@netgirl11) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj You're in for a long wait, hope you brought snacks
— Rebecca R. (@VRWCmama) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation Our condolences. #Gutfeld is on, though. Can you watch on your phone?
— DjWeideman (@DjWeideman) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj Come on @KennedyNation!!! None of his jokes are making you smile or laugh? Is nothing he is saying funny to you?
— Steven Castro (@Steven_Castro) April 30, 2017
Funny how? Funny like a clown?
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj @exjon Nobody with a 10" neck has ever been funny on purpose.
— Walter ShitGibbon (@MetricButtload) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @exjon @hasanminhaj pic.twitter.com/dFAVEdh2g0
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj pic.twitter.com/RYwHZpvjb3
— Maria (@onthemohawk) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj pic.twitter.com/Wbacc1m99R
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj pic.twitter.com/Kqayo92hAe
— Mike Sanislo (@sparktherevolt) April 30, 2017
@KennedyNation @hasanminhaj pic.twitter.com/dVSfIO5Txt
— MD molṑn labé (@jabob99) April 30, 2017
Judge for yourself … or not.
WATCH: @HasanMinhaj COMPLETE REMARKS at #WHCD2017 https://t.co/NF2I9BtQOt #WHCD #NerdProm #HasanMinhaj pic.twitter.com/Z5TZ34uTFU
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 30, 2017
CNN's Jeff Zucker tells @hasanminhaj "you killed it!" pic.twitter.com/PeOb3gZgF9
— WHCA (@whca) April 30, 2017
Don’t forget the narrative, though; last year was a going-away party for President Obama, and everyone in the media — even the reporters he declared enemies of the state and spied on — loved the guy. But this year was all about the First Amendment, scholarships, hard-hitting journalism, and self-congratulations.
At every seat at tonight's WHCD: First Amendment lapel pins. To remind us what this is really about pic.twitter.com/BBksm8FGYd
— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) April 30, 2017
No it literally isn't https://t.co/LybhUqflJ9
— Renegade Jew (@DraftRyan2016) April 30, 2017
@TalKopan OMG, get over yourself.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) April 30, 2017
@TalKopan That you all need reminding speaks volumes. Self-aggrandizing shills.
— Caffeinated American (@LynnRichterBlog) April 30, 2017
@TalKopan Protecting the right of the media to give Debate Questions only to their preferred candidate. Yay.
— Richard Edinger (@RichardEdinger) April 30, 2017
@TalKopan Those pins are banned at Berkeley.
— Wes Ganobcik (@ganobleberries) April 30, 2017
Maybe if they gave the media instructions written on snacks?
Just some of the incredible cookies being served to White House press corps courtesy of #whitehousecookiecorps pic.twitter.com/cYOmCLuNV8
— WHCA (@whca) April 28, 2017
@whca @allahpundit For eight years they said "CONFORM" "ONE OF US" "OBEY.
— FiveDownTerritory (@FDTerritory) April 29, 2017
@whca Where's the "Run to the fire" for @KatyTurNBC ?
— motionview (@motionview) April 29, 2017
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Related:
HA! Katie Pavlich mocks #WHCD2017 for giving Berkeley a gift of $5000 for ‘free speech’https://t.co/8h4G19mWzx
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 30, 2017
Washington Post expands rollout of new 'Democracy Dies' slogan to other platforms, such as cookies https://t.co/YNwHXVuhXr
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 1, 2017
