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Johnson’s Biden later explained he hasn’t seen the movie because he couldn’t get tickets, suggesting his motive for asking patrons not to go may have been so he would have an easier time getting a seat.
The fake president also expanded ‘Spider-Man’’s culpability to include this year’s record inflation and the stalling of the Democrats’ voting rights bill in Congress. Johnson compared moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to villains who battle the superhero.
People entering a movie theater in Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.
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“The only difference is if one of Spider-Man’s villains saw Kyrsten Sinema they’d be like, ‘Hey, honey, that outfit is a little much.’”
Later, he revealed he had discovered we are all existing in a ‘Spider-Man’-style multiverse in which there are at least three Joe Bidens: “One of them is me, one of them is a Joe Biden that lost to Trump. That Biden hosts a show on CNBC called ‘T-Birds, Tacos and Trains.’ And then there’s a third Joe Biden who’s the greatest president in history. My approval ratings are sky-high, I’m actually supported by my own party and I understand the show ‘Euphoria.’”
When a reporter balked at the idea everyone is living in a multiverse, Johnson countered: “Doesn’t that make more sense than whatever the hell our current world is?”
President Joe Biden delivers remarks during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Washington.
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Davidson then told Biden he needed to hurry through a portal to the “real” world before the current one collapses. Johnson’s Biden said he would come back for everyone else after he was able to pass his still-stalled Build Back Better social spending bill there.
But Davidson corrected him: “Dude, even in the ‘real’ world that thing’s not passing.”
Actress Ariana DeBose guest-hosted the Jan. 15 episode and Bleachers performed as the musical guest.
