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It's also wonderful to be back in Washington. I love being in Washington. The last time I was in D.C. I left my cocaine at the White House.

Luckily, the president was able to put it to good use for a state of the union. Colin Jost at the White House Correspondence Dinner at the Hinkley Hilton here in Washington

D.C. on Saturday night. He had a few good jokes and he got a couple of laughs but they stopped

laughing after a while and he had to change his whole routine and talk about how

great Biden was and how his great great-grandfather loves Joe Biden, thinks he's decent.

Huh? What you say? Thinks he's decent.

Move your ear horn closer to your head.

I did not attend the dinner this year. My best girl and I had a lovely Saturday night. It was wonderful.

The crowds were much smaller at our dinner.

Very nice.

And the world continues to spin out of control because the United States of America is nowhere to be found. The left is here.

George Soros is running the country.

Barack Obama is running the country. The country.

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