The Trump-free 2019 White House Correspondents' Dinner was less of a roast and more of a toast, with speaker Ron Chernow focusing on journalism.
The event's featured speaker, historian Ron Chernow, focused on celebrating the history of journalism and the First Amendment, the main theme of the evening, as opposed to cutting comedy on the administration.
He took some subtle jabs at President Donald Trump, first noting his absence from the annual bash thrown by the White House Correspondents' Association. This was the president's third time skipping the event. Chernow made light of Trump's nickname for the media, saying he researched the night's audience by reading Henrik Ibsen's play"An Enemy of the People."When beginning a story about Alexander Hamilton, Chernow also referenced Trump's statements earlier this month that the United States was"full" and couldn't accept migrants.
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