At a congressional media dinner, spirits were high even if lawmakers’ jokes fell flat

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Lawmakers take the stand-up mic at the Washington Press Club Foundation's annual dinner.

By Emily Heil Emily Heil Co-author of the Reliable Source Email Bio Follow March 14 at 7:00 AM This might be as funny as Official Washington gets this year — and that’s, well ... a little sad. With the upcoming White House correspondents’ dinner going comic-free, the annual Washington Press Club Foundation on Wednesday was the biggest chance for nerdy Beltway humor to have its moment.

The evening took on even more significance than usual — it marked the 100th anniversary of the original Women’s National Press Club, founded when the National Press Club was men-only, and its 75th annual dinner. The answer, alas, appeared to be no. Crenshaw got some laughs, though, , with a few zingers and dry comedic timing. He opened with a riff about how he prepared for the performance, wondering whether he should make Democrats or the press the target of his punchlines: “Eh, it’s kind of the same thing."

 

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The pirate walked up to the mic and said “rrrr ye ready to laugh?” Took a swig of his rum and grumbled, “Mussolini was a self-described socialist, he was lauded by the Democratic Party in the 1930’s. Know yer history” and slammed the mic down.

Did they pull a ‘MichelleWolf’ ?

Dan Crenshaw had a moment, but it turns out he’s not funny, or even clever in any way.

Another Republican party member who choose Treason over Constitution!

He's not a great congressman. Obviously a liar

DanCrenshawForPresident2024

That's a TIGHT five minutes.

There's nothing funny about THIS crop of mute Republicans!

This guy literally looks like he jumped outta a bad Bond Movie as a henchman.

The picture looks like Big Boss

Glad you guys are keeping an eye on these developments

I wish the media would focus as much attention on Crenshaw’s lies as they did on his SNL appearance

Dan Crenshaw is one term and done. He is a LIAR. Looked at TX02 right in the face and LIED.

Crenshaw needs to come out with a hook-hand and a parrot on his shoulder at these events, the weird fascist assholes who think he's just super-awesome would love it

That's because the biggest joke was at the Whitehouse that night

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