Senator Ted Cruz (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty)
Look, I told Barack if you really, really want to remake the Supreme Court, nominate [Ted] Cruz. Before you know it, you’ll have eight vacancies.
— Vice President Joe Biden, in some tongue-in-cheek remarks about the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, given during the annual Gridiron Dinner, an event where journalists, politicians, and heads of state perform satirical skits and give self-deprecating speeches. Click here to see some additional excerpts from Biden’s comedic comments.