Colin Jost on his Grandfather and Decency

Colin Jost at White House Correspondents' Dinner: "My grandpa voted for decency and decency is why we're all here tonight. Decency is how we're able to be here tonight. Decency is how we're able to make jokes about each other and one of us doesn't go to prison after...when you look at the levels of freedom throughout history and even around the world today, this is the exception. This freedom is incredibly rare and the journalists in this room help protect that freedom and we cannot ever take that for granted."
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[@redskyintheafternoon]

" we are not always on the right side of History". He can say that again.

[@KK-pm7ud]

Shut up

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

Interesting how the licensed jester of medieval courts survived into modern democracy.

[@janeb6098]

Superb!

[@anniefannycharles9951]

DECENCY!

[@albertfralinger2711]

Best joke of the night

[@user-rh8fl8qz2z]

Was his grandfather eaten by cannibals too?

[@melanieparker]

The food was from New Guinea. Ambrose J. Finnigan Jr. Delight 😋

[@Wayouts123]

Wasn’t Staten Island and Queens also pro-Germany during WWII

[@cherylsegal2494]

Large German population on Staten Island, at least during WWIII.

[@AshleySmith-jf5ph]

Decency matters, raising a new generation with decency, empathy and grace is SOOOOOO important. It starts with the Pres, vote for a Pres who can laugh at himself, be kind to others, work and compromise on a solution for ALL... not a narcissist tyrant, rapist who wants to destroy our constitution, vote Blue for decency

[@AmericanJohnnyBoone]

The most honorable thing an American could ever say is, "I never voted for Trump." Trump wants to prosecute members of our news media. We can't let that happen. I detest Fox, OANN, and Newsmax, but censorship is not my thing. Vote Democratic in November. Keep America free and support a free press. 🇺🇸💙

[@DerrickRuthless]

Jost nailed it. Decency is what we need now, more than ever.

[@LordRykard9376]

Decency. Nothing quite embodies that like the Biden Admin inviting a trans man over for him to expose his implants on the Whitehouse lawn.

[@LordRykard9376]

Like chemically castrating kids?

[@LordRykard9376]

UA-cam is deleting comments on a program of record's channel.

[@faylinn1]

And that's not pervy, lying Biden.

[@albertfralinger2711]

So… maybe stop funding a genocide?

[@almartinez23]

sorry Colin

[@isxuros753]

🤮

[@declaredjeans7555]

Who wants to bet trump will through decency out the window when he talks about Colin's speech?
Edit: Hahaha, didn't take long! Trump has silk-thin skin!! What a snowflake..

[@ThePeopleSing]

How embarrassing.

[@user-ok9yd2iv5z]

A funny yet true ending - we need decency and not the orange menace. C’mon America, wake up.

[@basecitizen]

It's YOU who must wake up.

[@declaredjeans7555]

​@@basecitizenNo, is the cult of trump that has to wake up. It's unbelievable to watch from the outside, how maga people call others sheep, while acting just like sheep.. You've all forgotten what decency is, so wake up.

[@eduard6491]

😂😂😂a man complicit in the mass murder of innocent people has decency!??

[@groksr]

Please spare us Colin

[@KK-pm7ud]

What's your problem? You can't deal with Colin taking time to tell his own personal story for agreeing to do the Correspondents' Dinner?

[@anniefannycharles9951]

SHAAADAAAP

[@RepubsAreDangerous]

@groksr - you Trumpers are weak, thinned skinned little children.

[@declaredjeans7555]

You must be a republican, because like all other republicans nowadays, you lack the very thing Colin was talking about here; *decency* ...

[@melissabruhn1429]

Biden/Harris 2024! 💙
Bodily autonomy, democracy and decency!!! Free press matters!!!

[@MFTgal]

President Joe Biden is clear winner currently in primary.

[@hectorlopez1069]

This is a president that is nice and decent.

[@LordRykard9376]

Bodily autonomy? Like forcing people to take an experimental vaccine so they can keep their jobs?

[@LordRykard9376]

Nothing says bodily autonomy like vaccine mandates.

[@LordRykard9376]

UA-cam is going to town on these comments.

[@danielsander9997]

Trump can't afford these jokes

[@melanieparker]

Is that why he was roasted on comedy central?

[@cataniamommaitalia87]

Briben doesn't understand where he is

[@LordRykard9376]

Judging from your videos, I dont think you can afford really anything

[@RepubsAreDangerous]

Trump ain't going to need to afford anything where he's going...

[@faylinn1]

​@@RepubsAreDangerousAww, that's cute that you believe that.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Such a terrible delivery Spicer could have done better...

[@jacksbutts6990]

😒