President Obama said he’d “enjoy having some Kentucky bourbon with Mitch McConnell:”
“Are you going to have the drink with Mitch McConnell now — that you joked about at the White House Correspondents Dinner?” the president was asked.
“You know actually, I would enjoy having some Kentucky bourbon with Mitch McConnell,” said Obama. “I don’t know what his preferred drink is, but — my interactions with Mitch McConnell–he has always been very straightforward with me. To his credit, he has never made a promise that he couldn’t deliver and he knows the legislative process well. He obviously knows his caucus well. He has always given me I think realistic assessments of what he can get through his caucus and what he can’t. And so I think we can have a productive relationship.”
Here’s the joke the questioner was referring to:
