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Joe Biden to get roasted at White House journalists’ dinner – and hit back with his own jokes
- The ritual is a landmark on the US capital’s social calendar and once again takes place in the Hilton Hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed in 1981
- The occasion is meant to celebrate the constitution’s First Amendment guarantees of free speech – and a free press. However, the jokes tend to get the headlines
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Washington’s political and media elites observe their annual truce – of a few hours – on Saturday at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where US President Joe Biden will find himself the butt of jokes and hit back with his own.
The ritual is a landmark on the US capital’s social calendar and once again takes place in the Hilton Hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by John Hinckley Jnr in 1981, as he left from delivering a speech to trade unions.
The dinner institution had started to wither – first boycotted by Donald Trump, then shut down for Covid-19 altogether.
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Even last year, strict Covid testing, frequent use of masks and a diminished attendance resulted in a relatively low-key affair.
Saturday’s event, said White House Correspondents Association President Tamara Keith, is “completely sold out.”
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