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Biden yuks it up at WHC dinner, jokes that ‘Brandon’ having ‘a really good year,’ likens Trump to ‘horrible plague’

May 1, 2022 | | Print Article

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The nation’s elite gathered in Washington, D.C., this Saturday for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an “incestuous” annual event in which administration officials and the journalists who ostensibly cover them frolic together in play and laughter.

This year’s dinner marked the first one attended by the U.S. president since the days of former President Barack Hussein Obama. His immediate successor, former President Donald Trump, skipped the event for four straight years, preferring instead to spend his time with working-class Americans and not the nation’s elite.

But Trump’s immediate successor, current President Joe Biden, not surprisingly chose to revive the “tradition” of the U.S. president attending the event and, as is customary, use the event to first crack jokes and then deliver a serious speech.

To Biden’s credit, he chose to crack jokes about both himself and his political enemies. The joke-making commenced immediately after White House Correspondents’ Association president Steven Portnoy introduced him to loud applause.

“Thank you Steve for that introduction and a special thanks to the 42 percent of you actually applauded. I’m really excited to be here tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have,” the president quipped, taking a dig at his poor approval numbers.

He then turned around and took a swipe at Trump.

“This is the first time a president has attended this dinner in six years. It’s understandable. We had a horrible plague followed by two years of COVID,” he said, referring to his predecessor as a plague.

The plague remark triggered raucous applause from the demonstrably left-wing establishment media figures in attendance:

Below is a list of some of the president’s other jokes.

Jan. 6th Joke

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“Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year. Now that would really have been a real coup if that occurred.”

Age Jokes

“The very first president to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner was Calvin Coolidge in 1924. I’d just been elected to the United States Senate. I remember telling him, ‘Cal, just be yourself. Get up there and speak from the heart. You’re gonna to be great, kid. You’re gonna do well.'”

“Folks, it’s been a tough few years for the country. That’s one reason why it’s great to be here again. Everyone at the White House is so excited. I told my grandkids and Pete Buttigieg they could stay up late and watch this show tonight.”

Fox News Jokes

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“I know there are questions about whether we should gather here tonight because of COVID. Well, we’re here to show the country that we’re getting through this pandemic. Plus, everyone had to prove they’re fully vaccinated and boosted. So if you’re at home watching this and you wondering how to do that, just contact your favorite Fox News reporter. They’re all here, vaccinated and boosted, all of them.”

“And look, Fox News, I’m really sorry your preferred candidate lost the last election. To make it up to you, I’m happy to give my chief of staff to you all so he can tell Sean Hannity what to say every day.”

Republican Jokes

“Folks, I’m not really here to roast the GOP. That’s not my style. Besides, there’s nothing I can say about the GOP that Kevin McCarthy hasn’t already put on tape.”

“They say it’s not your father’s Republican party. Ronald Reagan said, ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear this wall down.’ Today’s Republicans say, ‘Tear down Mickey Mouse’s house.’ And pretty soon, they’ll be storming Cinderella’s castle. You can be sure of it. But Republicans seem to support one fellow – some guy named Brandon. He’s having a really good year. And I’m kinda happy for him.”

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Missing were any jokes about the Democrat Party’s increasing radicalism, including its embrace of racial essentialism and pseudoscience. Also missing was any recognition of how poorly this administration has fared with its disastrous, widely panned economic policies that have exacerbated and continue to exacerbate inflation.

The arguably best joke came at the end, when the president sought to speak seriously about how it’s perfectly OK to criticize political leaders in the United States.

“Here in America, good journalism, good satire about our leaders, about our society is quintessentially an American thing. It demonstrates the power of our example. And I honest to God believe it reveals our soul, the soul of our nation. That’s what I’d like to toast tonight, to the journalists and their families to the people and the elected representatives to the United States of America,” he said.

Except that the right to criticize political leaders is actually in great danger thanks to this administration, which is what made his remark seem so comical to critics.

Biden then cracked a final joke while turning the microphone over to comedian Trevor Noah for the night’s main act.

“I’m going to turn this over to Trevor. … Trevor, the really good news is now you get to roast the president of the United States, and unlike in Moscow, you won’t go to jail,” he said.

Not yet …

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11 thoughts on “Biden yuks it up at WHC dinner, jokes that ‘Brandon’ having ‘a really good year,’ likens Trump to ‘horrible plague’”

  1. “Joe Biden just got a standing ovation at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. One of the last places left in the country where this would happen. Says it all about the beltway media” You can say that again and again!

  2. After all dementia fkj Biden and the Obama ass puppeteer has done to the
    Americans in 2yrs , he truely is an asshole and the puppeteer.
    Fk them both.

  3. Brandon can yuk it up all he wants, it will never change the fact that he is a brain-dead fake president, given power by widespread and comprehensive Democrat vote fraud, and that he is the retarded head of an international crime family.

  5. The BIGGEST JOKE was present right after they announced “President” joe biden! What a complete waste of white, sickly skin!

  7. The Illegitimate President Yaking it up with the Illegitimate Press. What a Clown Show!

  8. Im sure he is having a great year. Especially since he doesnt seem to have to follow follow any laws and is hooked up and profiting from two of the greatest economies in the world (Communist China and the U.S. at the same time. Especially since the IRS or any other gov. agency doesnt seem to care what he does.

  9. If this doesn’t prove this person that stole the election doesn’t need cognitive testing I don’t know what will. Brandon had a good year? Taking in some cash maybe. Pretending to run the country…..a complete disaster.

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