Obama Ad-Libs Zinger After GOP Cheers That He’s Done Campaigning

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. Applauding are Vice President Joe Biden and House Spea... President Barack Obama arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. Applauding are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool) MORE LESS
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President Barack Obama ended his State of the Union speech with some unscripted sarcasm.

As he was wrapping up his speech, the president focused on what he called “a better politics” and a call to bipartisanship with the new Republican Congress.

“I have no more campaigns to run,” Obama said to emphasize his point.

Claps could be then heard on the Republican side of the House chamber, and Obama paused.

“I know because I won both of them,” he deadpanned. It wasn’t in his prepared remarks.

Congressional Democrats applauded their approval.

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  1. Avatar for pac pac says:

    Take that assholes.

  2. I love this man.

    ROFLMAO

  3. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    I jumped put of my seat . Take that m’fers!!!

  4. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Me too

  5. Damn. He slapped them fools and hard.

    Instead of being smart asses, the GOP would have been better served to do what they do every other day of the year: nothing.

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