On Wednesday, amidst a lot of discussion about him potentially dropping out of the 2024 U.S. presidential race, news came out that President Joe Biden had tested positive for COVID-19 and would cancel a speech in Las Vegas. That led to an unusual two tweets from his @JoeBiden X/Twitter account, with him first saying “I’m sick” then adding “of Elon Musk and his rich buddies trying to buy this election” (in relation to recent reports of X owner Musk planning to give $45 million a month to a super PAC backing Biden’s 2024 presidential rival, Donald Trump).
There were plenty of reactions to those tweets in a wide variety of areas. Those ranged from Simpsons lines to “Call an ambulance, but not for me” references to Ferris Bueller shoutouts and beyond. But, unsurprisingly, the sports world, home of the unapologetic Sickos, had its own spins. Here are some of those:
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— Matt C. Shoot (@ConfirmedShoot) July 17, 2024
This isn’t the first Biden tweet to draw a ton of sports jokes recently, with his “I’m running” earlier this month also doing that. Thus, the sports world is definitely getting a fair bit of mileage out of these tweets.
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