Over the weekend, “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah hosted this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner and the comedian poked fun at various topics in the news media and political cycle.
Noah took a jab at the demise of CNN+, and the Comedy Central host also went after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The comedian stated the politician is trying to be a step ahead of former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
“One of my favorites, Ron DeSantis is here. Oh man, I’m actually surprised that he found the time,” Noah said. “You know he has been so busy trying to outmaneuver Trump for 2024. I see you Ron. I see you, player.”
“Yeah, I’ve seen what you’ve been doing, blaming Trump for the lockdowns, distancing yourself from the vaccines that Trump created with his own two hands.”
However, DeSantis states he wasn’t at the event and doesn’t have any plans to watch or attend the White House Correspondents Dinner at any point in the future.
“I would never attend that. I have no interest in that,” DeSantis said. “I did not watch it; I don’t care what they do — but for them to advertise me when that invitation was rejected by my office, that is a lie.”
“Yet there they are lying about something that is readily verifiable,” Desantis continued. “And so the idea that I was there is false. The idea that I would have ever gone is false, and why they would want to perpetuate a lie about that, I don’t know.”
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