10 Best Zingers from Obama’s Final White House Correspondents Dinner

4. After talking about the nominating process on the Democratic side, the president had this to say of conservative electoral politics: “On the Republican side, things are — how shall we say this — a little more loose. Just look at the confusion over the invitations to tonight’s dinner. Guests were asked to check whether they wanted steak or fish, but instead a whole bunch of you wrote in Paul Ryan.”

5. The president seemed surprised that Donald Trump didn’t show up, and puzzled it out: “You’ve got a room full of reporters, celebrities, cameras, and he says no. Is this dinner too tacky for the Donald? What could he possibly be doing instead? Is he at home, eating a Trump steak, tweeting out insults to Angela Merkel?”

6. Bernie Sanders was in the audience, which was good for a few laughs at his age and fustiness. Obama took aim at his politics: “I am hurt, though, Bernie, that you have been distancing yourself a little from me. I mean, that’s just not something you do to your comrade.”

7. When Larry Wilmore took the stage, he skewered the language of conservative news outlets with one line: “Welcome to Negro Night here in Washington — or as Fox News will report, Two Thugs Disrupt Elegant Dinner in D.C.”