The Washington Post reports that a Washington D.C.-area journalist named Josh Rogin was making fun of comedian Dan Nainan's act on Twitter.
Dan Nainan makes his umpteenth joke about how Asians cant distinguish between letters "L" and "R". Election, erection, we get it. #DCImprov
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2013
Nainan also made a joke about Katrina and George W. Bush. And then?
Minutes later, Nainan approached the writer at his table in the back, Rogin said. “He said, ‘Are you Josh Rogin?’ I said yes, and he punched me in the jaw.”
Nainan also pushed him, Rogin said, then briefly walked away – only to return to take two more swings.
Nainan was later arrested. Here is an example of Nainan's standup, without the alleged post-comedy face-punching:
