{"id":2236668,"date":"2024-05-03T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-hamill-crashes-white-house-press-briefing-to-gush-about-how-much-he-loves-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:16:22","slug":"mark-hamill-crashes-white-house-press-briefing-to-gush-about-how-much-he-loves-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-hamill-crashes-white-house-press-briefing-to-gush-about-how-much-he-loves-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hamill Surprises White House Briefing to Express Admiration for Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmark-hamill-crashes-white-house-press-briefing-to-gush-about-how-much-he-loves-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Mark Hamill surprised everyone at the White House press briefing,\u2063 ahead of Star Wars Day, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-debacle-witness-says-taliban-isis-k-are-the-same-group\/\" title=\"Afghan debacle witness says Taliban, ISIS-K are the same group\">diverting attention<\/a> \u200cfrom \u200cthe franchise to\u2063 praise President Joe Biden. Luke\u200b Skywalker himself, Hamill,\u200b shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houston-residents-wait-in-long-lines-for-safe-drinking-water\/\" title=\"Houston residents wait in long lines for safe drinking water\">light moment<\/a>, joking\u2063 about calling Biden &#8220;Joe-Bi-Wan-Kenobi.&#8221; His visit attracted attention on social media,\u200c highlighting his\u200b admiration for Biden and the positive \u2062atmosphere at the White House.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Actor Mark Hamill crashed Friday\u2019s White House press briefing \u2014 the day before Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) \u2014 and instead of taking questions about the popular Sci-Fi\/Fantasy franchise, all he wanted to do was gush about President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Hamill, who played the role of Jedi Luke Skywalker in George Lucas\u2019 original trilogy, joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the lectern and told reporters how happy he had been to meet the president\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p>He opened with a joke, saying that when Biden had invited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">actor<\/a> to call him \u201cJoe,\u201d he\u2019d asked whether he could call him \u201cJoe-Bi-Wan-Kenobi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Hamill is at the White House press briefing today making cringe Star Wars jokes.<\/p>\n<p>Not like there\u2019s anything important going on in the world at the moment! <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qjryh8Wx1M\">pic.twitter.com\/Qjryh8Wx1M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1786456787849281681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHamill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkHamill<\/a> at the White House press briefing: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the President, the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-wars-legend-mark-hamill-makes-cameo-at-white-house-press-briefing\/\" title=\"Mark Hamill, Star Wars icon, surprises at White House briefing\">legislatively successful president<\/a> in my lifetime. And you know, I don&#8217;t have to go through the list of bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BuWLHEJ9g\">pic.twitter.com\/6BuWLHEJ9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1786455934660702217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the president, the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime,\u201d Hamill began, listing off a series of legislative actions that he counted as Biden wins. \u201cAnd you know, I don\u2019t have to go through the list of bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT Act, the Chips Act, all of that inflation \u2014 15 million jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it\u2019s all good,\u201d Hamill continued, praising Biden\u2019s staff and raving about how much work the president did day-to-day. \u201cI mean, I was really thrilled to meet the entire staff because, you know, it\u2019s not just one person. It\u2019s like a composite endeavor and all these people, my goodness, you know, I mean, I have no idea \u2014 I \u2014 I had no idea. Just what went into what is on his plate on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, that\u2019s pretty much it. I\u2019m open to questions, although no Star Wars questions, please,\u201d Hamill concluded. \u201cBut I want to say once again how grateful I am, and it just shows you that just one person can be so influential and so positive in our lives and, again thank you so much. And @PeterBakerNYT, I loved your book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamill was born in 1951,\u201d Mike Cote pointed out in an X post. \u201cEven for his personal politics, Biden isn\u2019t remotely close to the most legislatively successful president of his lifetime. LBJ, anyone? Very sad to see a Jedi turn into a Sith before our eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hamill was born in 1951. Even for his personal politics, Biden isn&#8217;t remotely close to the most legislatively successful president of his lifetime. LBJ, anyone?<\/p>\n<p>Very sad to see a Jedi turn into a Sith before our eyes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7gLEWGahxz\">https:\/\/t.co\/7gLEWGahxz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Cot\u00e9 (@ratlpolicy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ratlpolicy\/status\/1786457765717655657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Mark Hamill surprises White House press briefing on the eve of Star Wars Day to shower praise on President Joe Biden. 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