{"id":18826,"date":"2024-11-25T16:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18826"},"modified":"2024-11-25T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T16:42:51","slug":"watch-joe-biden-dabs-away-tears-at-farewell-white-house-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18826","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Joe Biden Dabs Away Tears at Farewell White House Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Departing President Joe Biden was reduced to tears when First Lady Jill Biden showered him with praise during a White House dinner on the South Lawn thanking longtime Democrat supporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Friday\u2019s event saw\u00a0Jill Biden praise the octogenarian\u2019s years of political service with an emphasis on his final term occupying the highest office in the land as she saluted \u201cmy husband and my hero Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve watched you do for more than 40 years is extraordinary \u2026 what you\u2019ve done the last four years is breathtaking,\u201d she said as he mournfully shed a few tears before an audience of Democrat donors and supporters that was conspicuous for the absence\u00a0of 2024 losing candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Harris is currently eschewing the spotlight as she vacations in Hawaii with her husband Doug Emhoff following her defeat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_28614109\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2185457317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28614109\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2185457317-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden wipes his eye after becoming emotional after he and first lady Jill Biden spoke during a dinner on the South Lawn of the White House on November 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. ( Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the president took to center stage for his speech, Jill saw fit to liven proceedings with a jocund remark, urging guests and supporters: \u201cIf you have a seat, please take it. Don\u2019t jump in the pool!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe and I are hosting this dinner tonight for a very simple reason to say thank you. Thank you to so many dear friends,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p><strong><em>WATCH: Jill Biden reduces President Joe Biden to tears with her personal tribute<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLol6-Vd254?si=rG9pGz52DWS3B6Qo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Biden called his presidency \u201cthe honour of my life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliam Butler Yeats wrote, \u2018Think where man\u2019s glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.\u2019 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I look out over such friends, serving as president of the United States has been the honour of my life.\u201d<br \/>Biden will leave office on January 20, 2025, as the oldest U.S. president.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump, who won the 2024 presidential election in a landslide against Vice President Kamala Harris, will take office on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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\/763584658\/M_Dr8qydSkkroqdg?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Departing President Joe Biden was reduced to tears when First Lady Jill Biden showered him with praise during a White House dinner on the South Lawn thanking longtime Democrat supporters. 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