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‘You are a really dull class’: Biden chides Coast Guard grads as jokes fall flat

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President Biden’s jokes fell flat at the US Coast Guard Academy’s graduation ceremony Wednesday leading him to call the grads a “dull class” while boasting of his own college exploits including a fire-extinguisher assault on his dorm’s RA.

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BBC News

Biden chides graduates to clap: 'You're a really dull class'

The president asks why the graduating class of the Coast Guard Academy did not clap at his line.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

‘We need you badly’: Biden praises future military leaders at Coast Guard Academy commencement

President Biden on Wednesday praised America’s future military leaders as the “most progressive, the most well-educated, the least prejudiced generation in American history” during a commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. Biden told the graduating ensigns that they have been prepared to face the future like no other class before them. “There can be no doubt the class ...

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Biden mocks class as ‘dull’ after joke falls flat at Coast Guard graduation

‘We need you badly. That’s not hyperbole. The country needs you’ says president of 2021 graduating class

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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USA Today

Biden extolls global role to Coast Guard grads

President Joe Biden delivers his first commencement address as commander-in-chief, stressing the vital role new graduates at the Coast Guard Academy will have as the United States reasserts itself on the world stage. (May 19)

3 years ago·United States

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CNN

Hear Joe Biden's US Coast Guard Academy commencement speech

President Joe Biden delivered a commencement speech to US Coast Guard Academy graduates, where he discussed the importance of diversity in America.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Washington Times

Biden snaps at Coast Guard graduates: ‘You’re a really dull class’

President Biden snapped at graduates who declined to clap during his commencement address at the 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday.

3 years ago·United States

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