{"id":18721,"date":"2024-11-25T00:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2024-11-25T00:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:13:54","slug":"joe-biden-bids-donors-farewell-at-last-hurrah-white-house-bash-tells-guests-dont-jump-in-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18721","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden bids donors farewell at \u2018last hurrah\u2019 White House bash, tells guests \u2018don\u2019t jump in the pool\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Joe and Jill Biden hosted a thank you dinner at the White House. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Joe Biden jokingly urged a roomful of Democratic donors and insiders not to jump in the White House pool at a weekend dinner to thank them before he leaves office.<\/p>\n<p>But some attendees still felt all wet after the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood evening everyone .\u2009.\u2009. If you have a seat, please take it. Don\u2019t jump in the pool!\u201d Biden said to laughs at the tented black-tie soiree<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/16\/biden-still-misses-vp-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\"> <\/a>on the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/16\/biden-still-misses-vp-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/20\/joe-bidens-granddaughter-naomi-biden-married-at-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">White House South Lawn<\/a>, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/16\/biden-still-misses-vp-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">pool and fountain<\/a> are located.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[First Lady] Jill [Biden] and I are hosting this dinner tonight for a very simple reason \u2014 to say thank you. Thank you to so many dear friends,\u201d he added, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?540182-1\/president-biden-hosts-white-house-dinner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">according to a video<\/a> on C-SPAN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe began this journey to redeem the soul of the nation and define the light in the darkness. And I never could have gotten to where the White House has become without you and we never could have gotten as much done as we did without you. And that\u2019s not hyperbole. I mean it from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The event was held on the White House\u2019s South Lawn. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The black-tie affair included Democratic supporters, politicos and donors.  <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We hear that guests included big donors and Biden\u2019s cabinet, as well as \u201cfriends and others who have been super supportive of the Bidens through the years. Former and current ambassadors came in for the elite event.<\/p>\n<p>Spotted among the crowd was former <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/22\/gossip\/tim-walz-hits-west-village-hotspot-arthur-amp-sons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz<\/a> and his wife, Gwen, who were chatting with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.<\/p>\n<p>One source said that some donors who\u2019d given $250,000 up and skipped the bash. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsiders who were invited and didn\u2019t go are calling it \u2018the losers party,\u2019\u200a\u201d groused one source. \u201cMany said they didn\u2019t want to be associated with the Dems right now because of the embarrassing loss\u201d to Donald Trump in the election, \u201cand anger over the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/24\/opinion\/kamala-harris-spent-1-5b-including-on-bribes-to-interviewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\"> $1.5 billion spent on the campaign<\/a> that failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>President Biden did not mention Donald Trump by name in his remarks. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>An insider called it \u201cthe last hurrah.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial can be seen from the South Lawn. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>There were also musical performances. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But another attendee described the event as a \u201creal love fest,\u201d adding, \u201cIt was of course sad, but also just a real sense of appreciation for the Bidens. It was absolutely gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source said, \u201cWeirdly, it was also really fun \u2014 like a last hurrah.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There were also musical performances. <\/p>\n<p>Biden, 82, gave praise to Jill, but did not mention Trump or the election. He said, \u201cOur cause endures.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A rep for the White House did not immediately get back to us.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/763467621\/-hfGtLElzH2tGhpE?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe and Jill Biden hosted a thank you dinner at the White House. Getty Images President Joe Biden jokingly urged a roomful of Democratic donors and insiders not to jump in the White House pool at a weekend dinner to thank them before he leaves office. But some attendees still felt all wet after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}