It turns out that the force is not with Star Wars icon Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original movies.
On ‘Star Wars Day’ — May 4th — Hamill visited the White House, where he met Joe Biden and led a press briefing.
Hamill called his meeting with Biden the day a “Make-Believe Defender of The Galaxy Met a Real-Life Defender of Democracy” on X:
May The Fourth Be The Day A Make-Believe Defender Of The Galaxy Met A Real-Life Defender Of Democracy@JoeBiden @POTUS pic.twitter.com/yXPlW7W7Y7
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) May 4, 2024
Oh, please. Give me a break.
Just when you thought the Biden White House’s levels of desperation had reached their peak, they brought in a washed-up 72-year-old looney liberal celebrity to deliver a press briefing.
During his appearance, Hamil sported aviators, a gift from Biden apparently, and shared his new nickname for Joe: “Joe-bi-Wan-Kenobi…”
No, thanks.
I’ll stick with Crooked Joe.
Watch Hamil’s cringe-worthy White House press briefing for yourself here:
Actor Mark Hamill stopped by the White House press briefing after a meeting with President Biden. pic.twitter.com/WbLC7KC8ko
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 3, 2024
And, here’s the full clip on Youtube:
Hamill’s out-of-touch and quite frankly, flat-out odd, press briefing has left many people wondering: what was the White House thinking?
Take a look at these comments from social media users:
It's hard to think anyone on the planet could be as embarassingly stupid as KJP, but "Hunter Biden look-alike" Mark Hamill led The White House press briefing today and acted like a total assclown in Dark Brandon sunglasses (indoors).
Meanwhile today, Americans are being crushed… pic.twitter.com/Y0VSW0tOpD
— 🇺🇲MAGADONIAN PokéMom🇺🇲 (@Pokemom2R) May 3, 2024
Mark Hamil led the White House press briefing today, soooo cringe. Looks like Skywalker showed up in support for the emperor.
— Conservative Prof (@usaprof) May 3, 2024
Star Wars really, WTF ! What was the White House thinking ?
In the harsh glare of trashed reality, Mark Hamil’s force has faded. Clad in plastic polyester collaborating with the like of fraud, and fakery. pic.twitter.com/brGi9qJayc— April Color (@ColorApril) May 6, 2024
Anyone else think Hamill looked and acted like he was hammered the whole time he was at the White House?
Or am I just confusing drunkenness for late-stage TDS?
Mark Hamill gets drunk and visits the White House press briefing room. pic.twitter.com/3QU9OKzNjd
— Conservative Patriot Pizza Bitch (@PatrioticPizzas) May 3, 2024
AP commented on Mark Hamill’s White House visit:
“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill dropped by the White House on Friday for a visit with President Joe Biden and walked away with a pair of the president’s aviator sunglasses and a greater respect for the office.
“I love the merch,” he said, taking off the glasses during a quick appearance at the White House daily press briefing following his visit with Biden. Hamill, 72, famous for playing Luke Skywalker, kidded with reporters that he’d take a few questions — as long as they weren’t about “Star Wars.”
“I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the president,” he said. He’s been to the White House before, during the Carter and Obama administrations, but he’d never checked out the Oval Office, and that was quite something, he said. Biden showed off photographs and other Oval Office items, Hamill said.
Hamill said Biden told him to call him “Joe,” to which Hamill offered an alternative suggestion: “Can I call you Joe-bi-Wan Kenobi?”
ADVERTISEMENT“He liked that,” said Hamill, who also voiced the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series.”
USA Today added:
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars,” visited the White House on Friday and came away with a pair of President Joe Biden’s signature aviator sunglasses.
“I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the President, the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime,” Hamill told reporters after the meeting, though neither Hamill or White House officials shared the reason for the visit.
He said he had been to the White House during the Carter and Obama administrations, but had never visited the Oval Office, where Biden showed him photographs.
Hamill said that Biden told him, “you can call me Joe,” and he asked in return, “can I call you ‘Joe-bi-Wan Kenobi?'”
“He liked that,” he said.
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