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Transcript: President Obama jokes with the press at the Gridiron dinner

By Charlie Spiering
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Transcript: President Obama jokes with the press at the Gridiron dinner

The following text is the transcript from President Obama’s remarks at the Gridiron dinner held by the press at the Washington Renaissance Hotel:

THE PRESIDENT:  Before I begin, I know some of you have noticed that I’m dressed a little differently from the other gentlemen.  Because of sequester, they cut my tails.  (Laughter.)  My joke writers have been placed on furlough.  (Laughter.)  I know a lot of you reported that no one will feel any immediate impact because of the sequester.  Well, you’re about to find out how wrong you are.  (Laughter.)

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