It was certainly a rocky road for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the over-the-top bash held in a hotel ballroom in Washington, D.C. last night. President Donald Trump had announced earlier that he would not be attending — and then hosted a popular rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the same night as perhaps the most publicized annual event that average Americans don’t care about and don’t watch.

To top that off, a poll released a day before the April 29 event found that more Americans trust the president than the mainstream media. The poll, sponsored by Morning Consult, found that 37 percent of 2,006 respondents said they trusted Trump. Meanwhile, only 29 percent said they trust the media. Fifty-one percent of respondents said the political media are “out of touch with everyday Americans.” Ouch.

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The press and celebrities who gathered for the festive dinner didn’t seem to mind. They spent the celebratory night throwing their shortcomings to the wind and giving each other pats on the back for a job well done. The average American didn’t care. The D.C. event screamed “elitist” in every sense of the word.

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But what people may find fun is reading some of the best Twitter takedowns of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — hosted by “Daily Show” correspondent Hasan Minhaj (pictured at the top of this article), who ripped into the president every chance he got. Take a look at these tweets.

Greg Gutfeld: The host of “The Greg Gutfeld Show” and cohost of “The Five” spent some of the night trolling press attendees. No one has a comic wit quite like Gutfeld, and if Trump ever were to attend one of these dinners, Gutfeld would make a perfect host:

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Dean Cain and Sean Parnell: The sight of former Superman Dean Cain (Trump supporter or not) and Afghanistan veteran Sean Parnell throwing up Trump hand signs in the midst of the dinner was pure gold.

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Derek Hunter: The Daily Caller editor appropriately called out the press for celebrating the First Amendment while ignoring the events that have been stifling free speech on college campuses across the country. He also managed to take a swipe at the level of celebrities and “journalists” invited to the celebration.

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Kayleigh McEnany: The conservative CNN commentator was blunt about the fact that the media’s night didn’t matter to the president or his supporters.

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Raven: And finally a tweeter called Raven, aka @KazeSkyz, sent out a perfectly appropriate picture of Fox News host Tucker Carlson that let everyone know just how badly conservatives were laughing at the night when the media get the chance to toast themselves.

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