8:32 PM PDT 4/30/2016 by Jennifer KonermanJennifer Konerman
Larry Wilmore took on Washington and its reporters in his remarks at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
The Nightly Show host immediately took on Fox News, CNN, President Barack Obama himself and, of course Donald Trump. He took on several news networks, including C-SPAN, the one that actually broadcast the event, saying it "is the No. 1 network among people who died watching TV and no one's found them yet." But no one got more biting jokes than GOP candidate Ted Cruz.
Wilmore emceed the event following several late-night and SNL veterans, including Cecily Strong, Joel McHale, Seth Meyers and Conan O'Brien. The host, who told The Hollywood Reporter that "it's a conundrum writing a Trump joke because he's such a caricature himself," had plenty to say about the GOP candidate.
Below are five of his speech's biggest targets.
CNN: Wilmore had a lot to say about networks CNN an Fox News. "Speaking of drones, how is Wolf Blitzer still on television?" He later added that he "used to watch CNN when it was a news network."
"Some of America's finest black journalists are here tonight. Don Lemon's here too," he mentioned. "Alleged journalists Don Lemon, everybody!" Lemon, not enjoying the joke against his journalistic integrity, was caught on camera giving Wilmore the finger.
Ted Cruz:"Man, everybody hates Ted Cruz. Even O.J. Simpson said, 'man that guy's just hard to like.'"
Wilmore also got excited about the idea of Cruz as the Zodiac Killer, which he said was an impossiblity because "some people actually liked the Zodiac Killer." The host did say that Cruz had recently gotten a string of wins, but zero delegates in New York, "which is five more than I thought he would for the Zodiac Killer."
"Recently Heidi Cruz revealed that after they got married, Ted bought them like a hundred cans of soup, not making yourself look less like the Zodiac Killer, Ted Cruz!"
President Obama: After telling Obama to "stay in your own lane" because following his act was too hard, he pointed to how badly he was aging. "Your hair is so white, it tried to punch me at a Trump rally. The President's hair is so white, it keeps saying all lives matter."
Donald Trump:"Donald Trump said if Hillary Clinton were a man, he didn't think she would get 5 percent of the vote. First of all, if Hillary Clinton were suddenly a man, her biggest problem would be finding a bathroom she'd be allowed to use in North Carolina."
"He says he's going to try to be more presidential. So now when he boasts about his genitalia during a debate, hes only going to referred to it as his President Johnson." He also said he loved how obsessed Trump was with the phrase "kid gloves," but he realized that "they're the only gloves that'll fit his stupid little baby hands."
Fox News:One of most biting jokes of the night, which went along the overall theme of his speech, was aimed at Fox News. "Welcome to Negro night, or as Fox News will report, 'two thugs disrupt elegant dinner in Washington, D.C.'"