President Joe Biden didn’t hold back his lashings at Fox News and its recently “finished” host Tucker Carlson during a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner address on Saturday.
The president made several sharp jokes in his remarks about a number of Republicans — including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — as he also found time to target Carlson just days after he surprisingly fired on the network.
“The truth is that we really do have a track record to be proud of: we have vaccinated the nation, transformed the economy, achieved historic legislative victories and interim results. But the job isn’t done, I mean it’s done for Tucker Carlson,” Biden said as the DC audience gasped.
‘What are you whining about. Like you think that’s not reasonable? Give me a break.”
Biden later roasted Fox News personalities and the network’s recent $787.5 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, a settlement that included a statement from Fox about its “commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
“It’s great that cable news networks are here tonight, MSNBC owned by NBCUniversal, Fox News owned by Dominion Voting Systems,” he said.
“Last year your favorite Fox News reporters were able to attend because they were fully vaccinated and boosted. This year, with that $787.5 million settlement, they’re here because they couldn’t say no to a free meal. And hell, I would call Fox honest, fair and truthful. But then I could be sued for libel.”
The president claimed elsewhere in his remarks that it’s “simply not true” for anyone to think he doesn’t like Fox founder Rupert Murdoch before he piles on the multibillionaire.
“How can I hate a man who makes me look like Harry Styles? Call me old? I call it being seasoned. You say I’m old, I say I’m wise,” Biden said, nodding to concerns about his age.
to pray, who concluded his remarks with an attack on conspiracy theorists and efforts to ban booksalso made not-so-subtle jokes about his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, and Elon Musk.
The evening was headlined by “The Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr., who poked fun at Washington politics and members of the media, including Carlson.
You can watch more clips of Biden’s roast at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner below.
