Comedian Josh Ocean Thomas savagely mocked an audience member who admitted to working for the Biden administration during his stand-up segment.
The video clip is gaining traction online, as internet users flock to hear the brutal jabs. Thomas was on stage at The Laugh Factory when he abandoned his comedy skit in favor of responding to a political confession from the crowd. The fun began when Thomas asked an audience member where they work, to which he replied, “I work for the Biden administration.” Thomas immediately hit back by asking, “Is your job to… wake him up?” as he made a shaking motion with his hands.
Axelrod was responding to a CNN interview with Biden in which he touted the economy and questioned the efficacy of polls that showed that Americans trusted former President Donald Trump on the economy than him.
“The polling data has been wrong all along,” Biden said. “You guys do a poll at CNN, how many folks do you have to call to get one response? The idea that we’re in a situation where things are so bad … when I started this administration, people were saying there’s going to be a collapse in the economy. We have the strongest economy in the world. Let me say that again: in the world.”
Axelrod agreed that the economy is strong, but Biden’s avoidance of showing empathy for those experiencing economic turmoil is “a terrible mistake.” Scott Jennings, a former Republican political director and CNN panelist, agreed with Axelrod and called Biden’s messaging “incredibly weak.”
A recent Gallup poll showed that 46% of people have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in Trump on the economy against 38% for Biden, one of the lowest marks for a sitting president.
Axelrod worked in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011 as a senior adviser and performed as a chief strategist for Obama’s campaigns. He works for CNN as a political commentator.
