(EFE).- President Joe Biden warned Saturday that there was “poison running through our democracy” as he roasted himself, his predecessor Donald Trump, and the media at the annual White House press corps gala.
Biden was speaking at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner that was canceled in the last two years due to the pandemic and returned this year with Biden as the first president in six years to attend the gala.
Trump refused to attend the event in the years he was in office.
“We are in a time when what we so long taken for granted is facing the gravest of threats. and I am being deadly earnest. Overseas, the liberal world order that laid the foundation for global peace, stability, and prosperity since World War II is genuinely, seriously under assault,” the president said.
“At home, a poison is running through our democracy . all this taking place with disinformation massively on the rise,” he said.
“The truth is buried by lies, and the lies live on as truth. What is clear, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that you, a free press, matter more than you ever did in the last century.”
The serious talk came in between jokes he cracked at the event, a tradition that dates back to 1924 and in which presidents often give a humorous speech and recognize the work of the journalists who cover them.
“I am really excited to be here tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have,” Biden said, noting that it was understandable that he was the first president to attend the event since then-President Barack Obama in 2016.
“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 Trump’s four years at the White House.
“Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year. Now that would really have been a real coup.”
Biden paid tributes to the journalists who died covering the war in Ukraine and acknowledged that the work of the press was hard because “the industry is changing” and there was “intense pressure to shake things up instead of shedding light.”
“But the truth matters. American democracy is not a reality show,” the president said.
Biden turned his attention to Republicans, underscoring amid frequent chuckles the leaked tapes in which House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he intended to tell then-President Trump to step down following the Jan.6 Capitol attack.
“Folks, I am not really here to roast the GOP. That is not my style. Besides, there is nothing I can say about the GOP that Kevin McCarthy has not already put on tape,” Biden said.
He turned to comedian Trevor Noah, who attended the event as a special guest to do a monologue.
“Now you can laugh at the president, and unlike what would happen in Moscow, he will not go to jail.”
Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” joked about Biden’s Poland visit last month when he caused a stir by saying that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, should not stay in power.
“As you all know, President Biden’s lack of a filter does get him into hot water sometimes, you know, last month he caused a huge international incidents saying that Vladimir Putin should be removed from power was very, very upsetting to Russia,” Noah said.
“So someone explained to them that none of the stuff Biden wants actually gets done.”
The best jokes are always true.
well, everything but his approval rating anyway pic.twitter.com/DQi5ZQ8p4U
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The dinner brought together a crowd of 2,600 people in a hotel ballroom despite the increase in Covid-19 infections in Washington.
Leading US epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci, dropped out of the event. EFE
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Didn’t hear any jokes about joes involvement in hunters business dealings.
The poison running through our Democracy is the same poison running through Hunter’s drug ridden veins, the same poison that like Fentanyl, Opioids, Heroin and others that make foreign criminals and those who do business deals with them richer than king Midas, and the Biden Crime family. How many more of our children must die before Joe gets convicted and goes to Jail or the mental hospital for Napoleon wanna bees. Drug debilitated minds may be easier to control, but when the country designed for SELF-Government loses its ability to self-govern or support a vibrant economy, don’t blame Putin because even the drugged walking brain dead you create can see through your lies and deceptions that take the real blame off the real Democrats responsible.
IMO that’s because the presenters were WARNED NO TO GO near it with a 200ft barge pole.
“At home, a poison is running through our democracy . all this taking place with disinformation massively on the rise,” he said.
Well, you certainly ought to know all about that, Mr Biden. You are the epitome of both poison and disinformation.
“The truth is buried by lies, and the lies live on as truth. What is clear, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that you, a free press, matter more than you ever did in the last century.”
And the Liar-In-Chief looks in the mirror, but doesn’t see his own reflection. What you peddle as truth, Mr Biden, in no way resembles actual Truth. Covering up lies with more lies gives you absolutely no credibility. The biggest joke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was YOU. I hope everyone got a big laugh.
HIS party is the one who started all this “Disinformation”, with their attacks on Trump, EVEN BEFORE HE got into office, and WHILE he was in the white house…. SO if anyone’s “POISONED THE TREE”, its YOU and your commucrats.
So he said: ““The truth is buried by lies, and the lies live on as truth. What is clear, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that you, a free press, matter more than you ever did in the last century.”
Who else, if not the media and pesky, can provide better coverage for his lies and screw ups. A puppet has no individual say or is able to take responsibility for his action. Get out of line and the “rabbit” will get you back on track.
AND Since 90%+ of the “Press” IS in the pockets of the dems (OR in their beds), WHO’s Fault is it, that the MEDIA IS leading all this disinformation?
Certainly not the GOP!
“Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year. Now that would really have been a real coup.”
Is it just me or did he just acknowledge that January 6th was NOT a “real coup”?