CLASSLESS: Here's why people are angry at @HasanMinhaj for his #WHCD joke about Rick Perry

Greg P. | 5:13 PM on April 30, 2017

One of the targets of Daily Show comedian Hasan Minhaj at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night was Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Here’s Minhaj’s not-funny-at-all joke on Perry’s absence from the annual event, via Vanity Fair:

Hey, has anyone see Rick Perry since he became energy secretary? I have a feeling he’s sitting in a room full of plutonium waiting to become Spider-Man. That’s just my hunch.

Um, no. Sec. Perry’s father had just died so he obviously had more important things on his mind than the nerd prom:

https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/858716942173077504

What kind of a**hole says something like that about a man who is in mourning over the recent death of his father? You are despicable!! #WHCD https://t.co/unlG1kY880

— Janice_TXBlessed (@JaniceTXBlessed) April 30, 2017

Minhaj is classless and clueless about Spider-Man:

Reasons this joke sucks: 1) Perry is actually mourning his dad's death, and 2) Spider-Man got his powers from a spider bite, not plutonium. https://t.co/9e61AUSUhR

— Michael Haugen (@HaugenATX) April 30, 2017

Sec. Perry took to Twitter on Saturday night while getting roasted in D.C. to share with all of us a little big about his amazing father:

Joseph Ray Perry flew 35 combat missions over Europe in WWII, then returned home to ranch and raise a family. pic.twitter.com/KcnXkuml2d

— Rick Perry (@SecretaryPerry) April 28, 2017