President Joe Biden caved to popular demand and finally called himself Brandon during his remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night. Biden has come close to acknowledging his nickname before but we couldn’t tell if he was actually aware of the insult. (See Video Below)
He is aware of Let’s Go, Brandon. And it bothers him enough that he tried to joke about it. CNN’s Scott Jennings called out Biden after Joe made a tasteless joke about never taking questions from the media. Jennings said: “On Biden, the line that will stick with me is, ‘in a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office, I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away.
“For the journalists in the room, he wasn’t laughing with you, he was laughing at you. The guy does not take questions, he’s up there joking about it.
“I’m pro-reporter, and I think the President of the United States ought to have to talk to these reporters and not mock them.”
Pres. Biden before turning the podium over to Roy Woods Jr. at the #WHCD: ‘Roy … I’m going to be fine with your jokes, but I’m not sure about Dark Brandon’ 😎 pic.twitter.com/B3bZtHwpEB
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 30, 2023
Biden told a few other jokes during his speech. He took swipes at Tucker Carlson, Rupert Murdoch, Don Lemon, and Majorie Taylor Greene.
Biden said: “I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it.
“I get that age is a completely reasonable issue. It’s on everyone’s mind, by everyone I mean the New York Times.
“I like Rupert Murdoch. How can I dislike a guy who makes me look like Harry Styles?”
“The job isn’t finished, I mean it is finished for Tucker Carlson…What are you booing about, like you think that’s not reasonable? Give me a break.”
“You say I’m over the hill. Don Lemon would say that’s a man in his prime.”
Before handing the microphone over to host Roy Wood Jr. Biden said:
“Roy … I’m going to be fine with your jokes, but I’m not sure about Dark Brandon.”
Wood Jr. said:
“The untouchable Tucker Carlson is out of a job. Some people celebrate it but to Tucker’s staff, I want to know that I know what you’re feeling. I work at The Daily Show so I too have been blindsided by the sudden departure of the host of a fake news program.
“Tucker got caught up. Got caught up like that dude from Vanderpump Rules.
“I don’t know what Vanderpump Rules is about, I’ve watched it a couple of times. My friends told me it’s like BMF but for white people. Or is that Succession?
“No, Succession is Power for white people. No, Tucker Carlson is Power for white people. No, that’s white power — you know what, nevermind.
“We gotta get Tucker Carlson back on the air, mister president, because right now, there’s millions of Americans who don’t even know why they hate you.
“I think we should give credit where credit is due, Tucker Carlson is the first host to get fired by Fox News for something that’s only partially about how he treats women.
“That’s progress! He shattered the a** ceiling.
“Don Lemon released a statement saying he got fired from CNN, then CNN released a statement saying they offered Don a meeting.
“They had to part ways because Don Lemon can’t even accurately report a story about Don Lemon.
“I still think that Don deserved more, CNN. That ain’t how you fire someone.
“How funny is it that you work in the news, then watch on the news how you got fired form the news?
“Don Lemon is now the most obnoxious guy in the history of CNN, that’s not fair! Even Jeffrey Toobin looking at Don Lemon like, ‘Ooh he rubbed me the wrong way.’
“Letting Don go was the wrong move.
“You shouldn’t have let him go, not this soon.
“You don’t fire your host after the first couple of scandals. The scandals got to stack up. You gotta get the ratings.
“Yes, Don Lemon was a diva and he said a couple of women were raggedy in the face. But that’s a promotion at Fox News.”
President Biden: “You say I’m over the hill. Don Lemon would say that’s a man in his prime.”#WHCD #nerdProm pic.twitter.com/1r8GFCbVzj
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 30, 2023
