Biden laughs at jokes about his age at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The president of USA, Joe Bidenhumorously fitted the jokes about his age at the traditional dinner for correspondents of the White House on Saturday night and even fired back with more jokes about his 80 years.

Politicians and the media Washington came together for this event that celebrates freedom of the press in a comedy key, but which left a space for calls to free journalists imprisoned in other countries.

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The show was in charge of the comedian Roy Wood Jr.which is part of the cast of the program “Daily Show”.

The comedian openly mocked Biden’s announcement that he will seek a second term, which implies that if he is re-elected he can govern until he is 86 years old.

Wood referred to the massive demonstrations in France against the plan to raise the retirement age.

“They rose up because they do not want to work until they are 64 years old. In the United States, by contrast, we have an 80-year-old man begging for a job for four more years.”, he snapped a few meters from Biden, who responded with a smile.

“‘Let me finish the job’ is not a campaign slogan, it’s a pleaWood added. “They can say what they want about our president, but when he wakes up from his nap, he gets the job done.”.

In his turn, Biden mocked the media mogul rupert murdocha 92-year-old billionaire who owns the conservative chain foxnews.

“You might think that I don’t like Rupert Murdoch, but that’s not true. How could I not like a man who makes me look like Harry Styles?”, Said the US president in reference to a 29-year-old pop star.

The president also threw darts at the former CNN host Don Lemonwho was fired allegedly for sexist statements and for sayings that carried prejudices about age.

“Tell me I’m old, I consider it tanned. You say that I am old, I consider that I am wise. You say I’m old, Don Lemon would say that’s a man in his prime“, he claimed.

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This evening is an unmissable ritual in the calendar of social life in the American capital, but in recent years it has been tarnished, first by the boycott of the ex-president donald trump and then due to its cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19.

Last year, strict covid testing, mask wearing and social distancing kept the event low-key. But, for this year the tickets sold out.

Source: Elcomercio

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