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kpete

(72,898 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 09:09 AM Mar 2024

BIDEN: "A defeated-looking man came up to me & said, 'I'm being crushed by debt. I'm completely wiped out,"

After sitting through hours of jokes about his age at Saturday’s Gridiron Club and Foundation dinner, President Biden turned the tables on the journalists putting on the skits.

“The big news this week is, two candidates clinched their parties’ nomination for president. One candidate is too old, mentally unfit to be president,” Biden said. “And the other is me.”

The joke landed well with most of the 650 journalists and politicos who gathered for the annual white-tie event, which features skits ribbing Republicans and Democrats, stand-up sets from actual Republican and Democratic officials and a whirl of schmoozing…

“The other day, a defeated-looking man came up to me and said, ‘I’m being crushed by debt. I’m completely wiped out,’” Biden said. “I said, ‘Sorry, Donald, I can’t help you.’”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/17/biden-trump-gridiron-dinner-washington/



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BIDEN: "A defeated-looking man came up to me & said, 'I'm being crushed by debt. I'm completely wiped out," (Original Post) kpete Mar 2024 OP
Love my President! North Shore Chicago Mar 2024 #1
Every joke was funny, and true!! Greybnk48 Mar 2024 #2
He also called the President "Sir" with tears in his eyes. Boomerproud Mar 2024 #3
Ohhhhhhhhh, I wonder how much red stuff is being flung!!! niyad Mar 2024 #4
Mal-a-fiasco also know as KKKatch-up. Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #6
Snicker! niyad Mar 2024 #7
Sharp as a tack, and on a mission to save our Democracy. Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #5
Burn! Ocelot II Mar 2024 #8
Sense of humor is our super power Wild blueberry Mar 2024 #9
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Mar 2024 #10
Where's a link to the full video? I can't seem to find one; would love to view full speech. Liberty Belle Mar 2024 #11
Suck it Donny you fat piece of shit! Blue Owl Mar 2024 #12
Remember, this is the Gridiron Club Dinner. DinahMoeHum Mar 2024 #13
Joe's just warming up! Blue Owl Mar 2024 #14
Touche! DinahMoeHum Mar 2024 #20
Dark! nt wiggs Mar 2024 #15
Every day Biden is out there making these witty jokes Mr.WeRP Mar 2024 #16
This should have been covered with examples of his jokes senseandsensibility Mar 2024 #17
That's the Biden I know n love! Hikerchick57 Mar 2024 #18
. lame54 Mar 2024 #19

Greybnk48

(10,695 posts)
2. Every joke was funny, and true!!
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 09:28 AM
Mar 2024

I love Joe Biden. I can't wait to see him today with a beautiful clump of shamrocks in his kerchief pocket!

DinahMoeHum

(23,439 posts)
13. Remember, this is the Gridiron Club Dinner.
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 11:54 AM
Mar 2024

Not the more famous/infamous White House Correspondent's Dinner, which is scheduled for April 27 and to be MC'd by SNL's Colin Jost

Mark your calendars.

 

Mr.WeRP

(1,098 posts)
16. Every day Biden is out there making these witty jokes
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 01:06 PM
Mar 2024

Is a day another Trump supporter realizes they might have just been fed sone bs about sleepy Joe.

senseandsensibility

(24,411 posts)
17. This should have been covered with examples of his jokes
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 01:16 PM
Mar 2024

at least briefly yesterday as a contrast to the bloodthirsty rhetoric of cheato.

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