President Joe Biden took swipes at leading Republicans, news outlets, and even himself at last night’s Correspondents’ dinner. At one point, he called out House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for a low approval rating.
Biden also said he had jokes prepared against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, but that Mickey Mouse beat him to it.
The president even zinged himself a couple of times on his age and press availability.
According to the American Presidency Project, Biden is on-pace to hold the third-fewest press conferences of all presidents for the past century.
But Biden also put humor aside in a vow to set free Americans wrongfully detained overseas. This includes Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is still in custody in Moscow. The president said, “Journalism is not a crime.”