Colin Jost Kept Kamala Harris Laughing at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

If there’s 1 happening we cognize astir Vice President Kamala Harris is that she loves to laugh. So it’s pugnacious to ideate a amended nighttime for the chuckling veep than the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, wherever Colin Jost headlined with beauteous tame jokes astir Donald Trump’s trial, President Biden’s age, and his woman Scarlett Johansson. He kicked disconnected his acceptable by thanking the dais, including the Vice President and “Doug,” adding, “Doug, arsenic you tin archer from each the comments astir my wife, I’m besides utilized to being the Second Gentleman.” He circled backmost to the ScarJo elephant successful the country astatine the extremity of his remarks, saying, “I privation to convey my woman for agreeing to individually conscionable everybody successful this country close aft the ceremony. Don’t beryllium shy, travel close up. She hates privacy.”

When it came to politics, Jost narrowed successful connected the 2024 candidates’ precocious ages, joking, “I’m not saying some candidates are old, but you cognize Jimmy Carter is retired determination thinking, ‘I tin possibly triumph this thing.’” He besides joked that portion it mightiness not beryllium a large clip to beryllium a people journalist, it’s a phenomenal clip to beryllium a courtroom sketch creator successful airy of Trump’s trial. “Every sketch of Trump looks similar the Grinch had enactment with the Lorax,” helium said. Another people included Lara Trump, who was successful attendance caller disconnected the merchandise of her Tom Petty cover, astir which Jost said, “Upon proceeding it, Tom Petty died again.” He besides joked that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would beryllium our 3rd Catholic president, earlier adding, “I’m kidding, similar his vaccine paper says, helium doesn’t person a shot.” There were a fewer cutaways to the Vice President passim the evening, doing what she does best, laughing up a storm.