{"id":1460329,"date":"2022-05-02T12:30:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1460329"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:31:21","slug":"holy-crap-look-at-all-these-fancy-nerds-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/holy-crap-look-at-all-these-fancy-nerds-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Crap, Look at All These Fancy Nerds (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fholy-crap-look-at-all-these-fancy-nerds-photos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1460329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner weekend: Journalists mingle with celebs, applaud themselves as Ukraine burns and Americans suffer<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 May 2, 2022 12:20 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Over the weekend, America&#8217;s journalists toasted themselves at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner and at numerous afterparties and brunches in our nation&#8217;s capital. They dressed up, mingled with celebs, and posed for the cameras like a bunch of fancy nerds.\u00a0It is an egregious spectacle of decadence even at the the best of times. These are not the best of times.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, they persisted.<\/p>\n<p>Before casting judgment, however, ordinary American should consider the fact that journalists are also suffering under the Biden regime.\u00a0Days earlier, for example, members of the White House press corps were <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/bored-white-house-reporters-cry-in-their-cheerios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaining<\/a> about how &#8220;boring and difficult&#8221; their jobs had become now that a Democrat is president. &#8220;Saving democracy&#8221; under Donald Trump was so much more exhilarating (and lucrative).<\/p>\n<p>Having considered this fact,\u00a0it is only appropriate to ruthlessly mock the losers who took part in the festivities by highlighting some of the most cringe-inducing photos taken throughout the weekend. (Trigger warning: Not for the faint of heart.)<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to attend the main event for so-called safety reasons, but that didn&#8217;t stop him from wearing a turtleneck and making an appearance at a celebratory brunch, where he posed for photos looking like a doomsday cult leader on his way to kidnap some kittens.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fauci-lemon2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)\u00a0<\/strong><em>This is Erik V. Huey of Platinum Advisors. He was one of the &#8220;top lobbyists of 2021,&#8221; according to <\/em>The Hill<em>. Imagine being this excited to attend a brunch.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/huey2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/huey2.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/huey2-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/huey2-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/huey2-736x522.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/huey2-693x491.png 693w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3)\u00a0<\/strong><em>An epic celebrity sighting. Paul Strauss, who pretends to be a U.S. senator representing Washington, D.C., poses with actress Caity Lotz, cofounder of the women&#8217;s empowerment group SheThority<\/em>.<i>\u00a0Lotz was\u00a0previously a backup dancer for Avril Lavigne, and has appeared in at least one Jack in the Box commercial.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotz1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotz1.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotz1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotz1-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotz1-736x464.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> <em>Holy crap, look at this Boomer nerd trying to snap a photo of Kim Kardashian chatting with White House chief of staff Ron Klain.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldnerd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldnerd.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldnerd-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldnerd-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oldnerd-736x475.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) <\/strong><i>Perhaps the only thing more\u00a0embarrassing than attending the White House\u00a0Correspondents&#8217; Dinner is providing commentary about the event while appearing on\u00a0an eight-person television panel. This is CNN, a network struggling to understand the American public&#8217;s lack of interest in its programming.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-whcd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-whcd.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-whcd-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-whcd-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-whcd-736x411.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6) <\/strong><i>On a related note, this CNN journalist wasn&#8217;t invited to the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner, but that didn&#8217;t stop him from tweeting a shirtless photo of himself to mark the\u00a0occasion. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-guy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-guy.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-guy-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-guy-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cnn-guy-736x442.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>7) <\/strong><em>Brian Stelter would never miss a brunch.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stelter-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stelter.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stelter-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stelter-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stelter-736x478.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8) <\/strong><i>This inspiring image of MSNBC all-stars Al Sharpton and Joy Reid is a reminder that anyone can succeed in the journalism industry\u2014even <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/al-sharpton-resurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virulent bigots<\/a> and\u00a0unhinged <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/joy-reid-lying-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conspiracy mongers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sharptone-reid.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sharptone-reid.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sharptone-reid-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sharptone-reid-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sharptone-reid-736x470.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>9) <\/strong><em>Celebs! From left to right: <\/em>Jeopardy!<em> champion Amy Schneider, former boy band member JC Chasez, 51-year-old rapper Fat Joe, and social justice attorney Benjamin Crump, fighting the power at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/celebs-cool.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/celebs-cool.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/celebs-cool-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/celebs-cool-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/celebs-cool-736x448.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10) <\/strong><em>Of course, it&#8217;s not really a party until Lis Smith shows up. The former Andrew Cuomo adviser and ex-lover of disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer was in top form and looking quite fierce.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/liz-smith-main-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/liz-smith-main-.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/liz-smith-main--300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/liz-smith-main--768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/liz-smith-main--736x420.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>11) <\/strong><em>In summary:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1589718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-laugh2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-laugh2.png 1000w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-laugh2-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-laugh2-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-laugh2-736x483.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner weekend: Journalists mingle with celebs, applaud themselves as Ukraine burns and Americans suffer  Andrew Stiles \u2022 May 2, 2022 12:20 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}