Lawmakers mixed sometimes-NSFW witticisms with dire warnings about the future of democracy as they traded barbs and banter at the Washington Press Club Foundation's annual Congressional Dinner.

"In this town, they're no longer talking about DEI," Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told the audience gathered at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. late Wednesday for the 79th annual roast-like gala.

"It has been banned. It is gone. It will never be seen again," Issa said, referring to President Trump signing multiple executive orders aimed at terminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the federal government.

"There's only one problem. I'm Darrell Edward Issa," the congressman exclaimed, suggesting his initials had become a liability. "I formed a company known as DEI. My email is DEI@DEI.com," he said to laughs.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) addressed the crowd filled with members of Congress and journalists with an impression of Trump singing a reworked, current events-inspired version of the Beach Boys' 1988 hit, "Kokomo."

"Aruba, Jamaica, Panama — I'll take ya. Bermuda, Bahamas, Greenland, come home to your mama," Lawler sang as the president.

"Off the Mediterranean Sea, there's a place called Gaz-a-Lago, and that's........

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