Thank you.
If you think your Irish
grandparents are wondering.
My great great
grandparents who came here in 18
And what the hell's going on?
I want to thank you for the warm
But please, not so loud.
Donald was listening.
Sleepy Don.
I kind of like that.
I may use that again.
Kelly O'Donnell,
president of the White House
Correspondents Association.
Thank you for having me.
Thank you, sir.
KELLY Well, let's be honest.
You're way too young to be presi
It's
it's been a year
since I delivered this speech.
And my wife, Jill, is with me
tonight, was worried how I do.
I told her no worry.
Just like riding a bike.
She's.
That's what I'm worried about.
Of course,
the 2024 election is in full swi
And yes, age is an issue.
I'm a grown man
running against a six year old.
While
I feel great, I really feel grea
I'm campaigning all over the cou
Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Car
I've always done
well in the original 13 colonies
And speaking of history,
this year, O'Donnell
just said about the major
civil war battle.
Quote, Gettysburg.
Wow.
Trump's speech was so embarrassi
the statue of Robert
Lee surrendered again.
But look,
as is the only thing we have in
My vice president actually endor
I had a great stretch
since the State of the Union.
O'DONNELL And said, sure,
tough days lately.
You might call it stormy weather
What the hell?
Trump so desperate,
he started reading those Bibles.
He's selling.
Then he got to the first command
You shall have no other gods bef
That's when he put
it down and said, This book's no
Look,
being here is a reminder
that folks like
what's going on in Congress
as political theater.
That's not true.
If Congress were seated,
they'd have thrown out Lauren Bo
a long time ago.
No.
To all my friends in the press
and Fox News.
Some of you complain
that I don't
take enough of your questions.
No comment.
Of course,
The New York Times issued a stat
blasting me
for, quote,
active in effectively avoiding
independent journalists.
Hey, if that's what it takes
to get The New York Times
to say I am active and effective
it's okay.
I've hired higher standards.
I do interviews,
a strong independent journalist
who millions of people
actually listen to, like Howard
And I know you're looking
around and saying,
this guy's been doing this for 5
He's had his moment.
Give him some give someone else
to say that.
I say, Lauren.
Ignore the critics.
Enjoy the speech.
Lauren's a great friend who's ha
comedians play me
over the years on Saturday Night
Eight.
And who the hell says
I'm not a real job creator?
Look,
Lauren's had even more
comedians and actors joke about
like the funny guy and Weekend U
Michael Che,
who celebrities?
Scarlett Johansson.
You did
such an incredible job
in your State of the Union rebut
But you should be weekend of do
Weekend Update.
Clearly,
you're
you're the funny one in the fami
Marc, folks, on a serious note,
in addition, in my, you know, co
I have another thing in common.
We both find strength in family.
I got to spend some time with hi
yesterday in the Oval Office.
Collins dad was a high school
teacher in Staten Island,
and his mom is an incredible wom
A family of firefighters,
was chief medical officer
in New York City Fire Department
As a doctor,
she rushed to Ground Zero,
risking her own life
treating and saving
fellow first responders
rushed into danger.
For others,
is my definition
of patriotism and heroism.
And so is
what all of you do
when you report truth over lies.
That's why
I want to close tonight with my
thanks to the free press.
There are some
who call you the enemy of the pe
That's wrong. And it's dangerous
You literally risk your lives
doing your job.
You're doing
covering everything
from natural disasters
to pandemics to war.
There's so much more.
And some of your colleagues
have given their lives
and many have suffered grievous
Other reporters have lost their
Journalism is clearly not a crim
not here, not there,
not anywhere in the world.
And prudence should release ever
And also immediately
just we're doing everything we c
and doing everything we can to b
journalists,
fellow journalists,
Austin and all Americans like Pa
you know,
who wrongfully detained
all around the world.
I give you my word as a Biden,
we're not going to give up
until we get them home.
All of them.
All.
The third
anniversary of January 6th,
I went to Valley Forge
and I said the most urgent quest
of our time is whether democracy
is still the sacred cause of Ame
That is the question.
The American people
must answer this year.
And you, the tree press,
play a critical role
in making sure the American
people have the information they
to make an informed decision.
A defeated former president
has made no secret
of his attack on our democracy.
He said he wants to be a dictato
on day one and so much more.
He tells supporters
he is there revenge and retribut
when in God's name
ever heard of another president
say something like that?
And he promised a bloodbath
when he loses again.
We have to take this seriously.
Eight years ago
you could have written off.
It was just Trump talk, but no l
Not after January 6th.
I'm sincerely
not asking of you to take sides,
but asking you to rise up
to the seriousness of the moment
Move past the horse race
numbers, the gotcha moments
and the distractions.
The sideshows
that have come to dominate,
sexualize, sensationalize our po
and focus on what's actually at
I think in your heart,
you know, it it was history.
The stakes couldn't be higher.
Every single one of us
has a role to play,
a serious role to play,
making sure democracy endures.
American democracy.
I admire my role,
but with all due respect, so do
In the age of disinformation,
credible information
that people can trust
is more important than ever.
And that makes you and
I mean it from the bottom of my
makes you more important than ev
So tonight, I'd like to make a t
to a free press,
to an informed citizenry,
to an America
where freedom and democracy endu
God bless America.
Now,
I'm going to turn it over to Kel
now to hear from a real communit
I think I know what I'm in for.
You know, Colin
Joseph has taken aim at me
before with his jokes.
Oh, I'm sure I read
like saying
after winning the South Carolina
Biden barely edged out his close
Time,
Colin.
When I win,
I'm going to have
a whole hell of a lot of time
and I'm going to be watching Pow
Shelly.
Back to you,
Kerry.