At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, US President Joe Biden laughed off jokes made about his age and responded with a few of his own. Washington’s political and media elites had gathered for the event, which was hosted by “Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr.
The event featured “Daily Show” contributor Roy Wood Jr. as the keynote speaker, and it was attended by Washington’s political and media elites.
As Roy Wood mocked Joe Biden, 80, for running for a second term, he talked about the recent protests in France against raising the retirement age.
“They rioted because they didn’t want to work until 64. Meanwhile, in America, we have an 80-year-old man begging us for four more years of work,” he said, adding, “’Let me finish the job’ — That’s not a campaign slogan, that’s a plea. Say what you want about our president, but when he wakes up from that nap, work gets done.”
US President Joe Biden joked that 92-year-old tycoon Rupert Murdoch made him look like singer Harry Styles. He also claimed that Murdoch reminded him of James Madison, one of the US founding fathers.
Biden is throwing daggers at Marjorie Taylor Greene at the White House Correspondents Dinner. 😂
Get ‘em, Joe! 🔥#WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner
pic.twitter.com/QENZf5EV9O— Ryan Shead (The Villain) (@RyanShead) April 30, 2023
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the president is accustomed to receiving jokes from journalists.
Mr. Biden, who is 80 years old, has declared his intention to compete for re-election and criticized those who believe he is too old to do so.
On CNN presenter Don Lemon, Joe Biden joked, “Call me old — I call it being seasoned. You say I am ancient — I say I’m wise. You say I’m over the hill — Don Lemon would say that’s a man in his prime.”
“Folks, it is wonderful to be back here again, proving I haven’t learned a damn thing,” Joe Biden said to mark the occasion that celebrates the US Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees of free speech and advocates for a free press around the world.
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