RantCrush Top 5: May 1, 2017

This weekend was the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner…with no president in attendance. However, that didn’t stop Muslim comedian Hasan Minhaj from the “Daily Show” from poking fun at Trump. He brought up some obvious stuff, like the fact that the president was not attending the dinner: “The leader of our country is not here. But that’s because he’s in Moscow.” He also talked about what it’s like to grow up as a minority in America, and pointed out how important it is to protect free speech. “Only in America can a first generation Indian American Muslim kid get on this stage and make fun of the President,” he said. As expected, many Democrats cheered his performance while many Trump supporters criticized him, saying he was disrespectful of POTUS.

“The man who tweets everything that enters his head refuses to acknowledge the amendment that allows him to do it.” – @HasanMinhaj

— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 1, 2017

With a roast like this, no wonder President Trump didn’t turn up to the Correspondents’ Dinner. pic.twitter.com/giF9BY5smV

— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 30, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.