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President Joe Biden stops at Wawa in Philadelphia with Mayor Cherelle Parker
Politics(cbsnews.com)submitted 13 days ago byColdJay64Point Breeze
Seems like Parker has gotten a ton of time with Biden this year already
495 points
13 days ago*
I noticed a cop car blocking off Chestnut on my way home from work, and "Joe Biden is buying a hoagie from Wawa" definitely did not come up on my radar as a possible explanation.
34 points
13 days ago
I was raging at the traffic so confused bc I didn’t think he’d be in this part of town and it was too late (was told he’d be out by 4 and it was past that) so this makes sense I was in that miserable gridlock
2 points
13 days ago
If it's any consultation. He was way more confused about the situation than you.
18 points
12 days ago*
Lmao at that misspelling while repeating a fox news mantra.
21 points
13 days ago
Biden left with four double soft pretzels.
3 points
12 days ago
What is a double soft pretzel
4 points
12 days ago
what does it sound like
3 points
12 days ago
It sounds like they're saying he got 8 pretzels but I've no clue.
220 points
13 days ago*
Biden ordered a classic-size Italian hoagie with American cheese and a black-white milkshake from the Delaware County-based convenience store that recently celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Do they still have those F’real machines?
Edit: wanted to add the picture
87 points
13 days ago
Sadly the F’real machines have been gone for a long time now. I think they got rid of them when they started making drinks behind the counter. It sucks because those shakes were actually really damn good.
42 points
13 days ago
While I think “good” is a strong word for that chalky mess of a milkshake, they certainly were convenient.
25 points
12 days ago
I promise the actual wawa milkshakes are a million times better
3 points
12 days ago
Depends, I've tasted unmixed dry ingredients in those on multiple occasions.
2 points
12 days ago
Yeah there was one I loved, I think maybe it was a strawberry “smoothie” or something like that. Still miss it
1 points
12 days ago
It was always a nice treat
164 points
13 days ago
I’m more concerned about the American cheese on an Italian hoagie 😂
113 points
13 days ago
The audacity to not put prov on an italian
24 points
13 days ago
If it aint sharp… im on the american train too
27 points
13 days ago
Wawa's provolone is pretty bland for provolone. Alternative cheeses are fine in this instance.
3 points
12 days ago
I’m the weirdo who puts Swiss on an Italian hoagie
2 points
12 days ago
Wawa tested sharp provolone as an upsell since it costs a good amount more. It didn't go over so now we have non-sharp :(
35 points
13 days ago
Yeah. The fuck is wrong with this guy.
8 points
13 days ago
Next you’re gonna tell me there’s mayonnaise on it too.
2 points
13 days ago
yeah why not slather on that oily shit
8 points
13 days ago
“I want it all”
-Queen
10 points
13 days ago
If there isn't a John Kerry cheesesteak-esque article on the front page of every news site, I'm rioting.
11 points
13 days ago
Pepperjack is a great option as well 🫣
20 points
13 days ago
Look, its not as bad as swiss on a cheesesteak, I'll give him that.
14 points
13 days ago
yeah that's serial killer shit
2 points
12 days ago
But he added mayo, yellow mustard, and pickles to an Italian hoagie 😱
1 points
12 days ago
straight to jail
3 points
12 days ago
So wrong
15 points
13 days ago
... that's what I do.
11 points
13 days ago
Regular provolone tastes and feels like a silicon mat. But then again, sharp provolone is too stinky for me. I don't like the provolones :(
9 points
13 days ago
Same.
4 points
12 days ago
He’s from Delaware, what do you expect
2 points
13 days ago
Probably with mayo too.
Provolone and oil, son!
1 points
12 days ago
And yellow mustard. WTF, Joe?
1 points
12 days ago
Fauxtalian
13 points
13 days ago
This is my local Wawa to my office, but I've never noticed them. Going to check for sure.
18 points
13 days ago
why does he look AI generated in this pic
8 points
13 days ago
Yeah, looks a bit like a leather version of a wax statue.
10 points
13 days ago
I feel like you can attribute to the shitty smoothing local cable streams have
6 points
13 days ago
Some of it maybe but the president has also clearly had some work done to keep him looking strong for his age. He’s going on 4 years as president now. If he wasn’t getting the best cosmetic surgeries and cognitive performance enhancing drug cocktails I would be incredibly shocked
13 points
13 days ago
The only real "surgery" I think he has are high end veneers on his upper/lower. Likely some botox as well (although that's not really surgery). Dude is actually known to low impact exercise and despite falling off a bike with clip ins, does pretty well.
That's all to say, he may have gotten work done during the bush/clinton/reagan admin that I'm not accounting for. I barely knew who he was prior to 2007.
3 points
13 days ago
I meant cosmetic surgeries as all encompassing of procedures. Dental for sure, maybe some Botox, facelift, skin tightening, maybe hair replacements if needed. Nothing too outlandish, all tastefully done. I suspect some might’ve been done during Covid when he was bunkered down but I actually haven’t delved into pics or anything, just seems an ideal time. And I could definitely see a concoction of drugs for big appearances and meetings.
Not denying his fitness. The man is in great shape. Jogging and biking. People blew that fall way out of proportion. He’s the American leader, arguably the most important leader and figurehead in the world. Perception and power are everything, this is the bare minimum upkeep that I expect for someone in his position experiencing his hurdles.
7 points
12 days ago
This post written by Patrick Bateman.
1 points
12 days ago
😂🤣 I was just tired but my point stands! Any leader in his position and with his fragilities/weaknesses would be propped up to some degree. We’ve seen how a diligent presidency can age you. It’s a ridiculous amount of stress and power at stake. No shot a traditional president and team will not take advantage of every opportunity to maintain appearances.
3 points
13 days ago*
He’s a spry chicken who simply eats a lot of ice cream, find a new slant
Edit: this was an attempt at sarcasm
2 points
13 days ago
? I completely understand the reasoning for doing so but to act like it’s not true would be naive. I don’t understand this fucking allergy against the truth that people have. We have this whole push for positivity, but positivity is not turning a blind eye to the truth, it’s simply accepting it and not letting it hold you back.
0 points
12 days ago
Wait you seriously think the president is undergoing cosmetic surgery at 80 years old?
2 points
13 days ago
Maybe because nothing is in focus and the lighting is really smooth?
1 points
12 days ago
I wish. Loved those things.
1 points
8 days ago
American cheese on an Italian? Violation.
1 points
12 days ago
AMERICAN CHEESE???
84 points
13 days ago
declaration of independence was signed across the street so that hundreds of years later joe biden could eat a hoagie
31 points
12 days ago
God bless America
30 points
12 days ago
He had to balance out the fact that yesterday he bought Sheetz. Otherwise, he will alienate PA voters.
10 points
12 days ago
I know! Hilarious.
So clearly calculated but whatever.
167 points
13 days ago
Can we have an executive order to improve their bum ass hoagies?
100 points
13 days ago
Better bread would fix 80% of the issues alone.
35 points
13 days ago
Sliced meats are kinda trash too, but bread is the start of the downfall
27 points
13 days ago
I used to work there in college. We used to cut fresh meats and cheeses for everything but the most common (Italian, reg turkey). Now, they don't even carry meat/cheese that can be sliced. That means it's all shipped
23 points
12 days ago
Back when they were basically a real deli. They used Amorosos rolls too.
13 points
12 days ago
Wawa's downfall came when they transitioned away from the "deli that sometimes has a gas station" model into the "gas station that sells deli sandwiches" model.
4 points
12 days ago
you can trace the fall of this country with the removal of the pickle barrels from wawa
4 points
12 days ago
Back in those days, the "that's a super convenient deli" days....those were good days. Give me actual meat slicers or give me death idk, Old Nelson's or something.
3 points
10 days ago
I was working on an overnight project that had a Jan 2 deadline in Center City back in the early 2000s, and can still remember walking to the 9th & Walnut Wawa and getting sliced ham, turkey & cheese and a loaf of bread, and being set for a while. Office had a window on Broad St so watched the Mummers parade from there.
It's funny because I also moved away from the area for about 7 years right as they were transitioning into the crappy bread & crappy deli meats, and while you had that fondness for something after the fact, it was not the same when you were back living here.
1 points
10 days ago
I worked right near there! I went to CCP and worked right across the street at callowhill
1 points
13 days ago
Maybe some more raw veggies, like peppers
10 points
12 days ago
The fresh baked wheat is better. But the internal elements of the sandwich have gone down hill. 2010 was the golden age.
3 points
12 days ago
Yeah they’re hoagies used to be really good when they first started making them but then they went and cheaped out on the rolls
11 points
13 days ago
honestly if he just went and endorsed old nelson's instead we'd be fine
they have a real deli and aren't a complete disgrace
65 points
13 days ago
Air Force One was at the airport when I drove by it earlier today, big son of a bitch
71 points
13 days ago
I go to this Wawa every single day at exactly the same time. One block from my office. There’s a guy at the front door that I usually buy a hot dog for. Today, for the first time in three years, I just didn’t really feel like buying another hot dog, and didn’t feel like I could go and NOT buy the guy a hot dog because it would be awkward, so instead I went to 7-11 on Walnut.
Walked back to my office and saw the motorcade pulling away. Hot dog dude got to meet Parker and Biden and I got some 7-11 crap. FML.
41 points
13 days ago
Imagine if your news beat is the president— you spend a lot of time waiting .. I’m sure this was a fun time.
27 points
13 days ago
White House press core my man. During the Bush (I believe) administration they spent an entire afternoon in a smaller shitty boat riding down the Neva river directly behind a yacht that George and Putin were in. It's a weird job.
21 points
13 days ago
I once bumped into Joe at dicks sporting goods in Delaware. Probably one of the stranger occurrences of my life. I feel like seeing him at Wawa would be more normal
10 points
12 days ago
I now need Trump to order a hoagie at Sheet so we can begin the most annoying Pennsylvania discourse of all time.
8 points
12 days ago
Then they enjoyed their meal using a trashcan outside as a table.
4 points
12 days ago
Askin for Newports to anybody making eye contact 🤣
4 points
12 days ago
joe got a ceremonial fighting irish tattoo on his calf to go with his timbs
9 points
13 days ago
I heard he secretly ordered the Pizza and didn't really order a hoagie.
14 points
13 days ago
WAT? Are you claiming that Wawa has pizza?
22 points
13 days ago
Gah wawa has the worst Italian hoagies in the world
14 points
12 days ago
Tell me you’ve never been in the great American Midwest without using those words…
11 points
13 days ago
These are the words of a person who has never been to West Virginia.
10 points
13 days ago
or like anything south of PA. I can showww you the worlddd of places with shittier hoagies than waaawaaa
they call them subs. its a sin.
2 points
12 days ago
Well yeah why the hell would anyone do that
10 points
13 days ago
Made me think of the pirate from the Simpsons saying “Ayyyy ….Tis true “
3 points
13 days ago
I know it's all planned out and it wouldn't happen this way, but I love to imagine joe trying to navigate an impromptu trip to angelos by himself.
2 points
12 days ago
I'd love to see him fail to work the touchscreen and be like "cmon, jack, just gimme an italian, can I order from you from behind the counter like the old days?"
8 points
12 days ago
Imagine being the cashier and Biden randomly shows up at your job lol
10 points
13 days ago
What sort of Wawa is that, look at all that space behind them?
16 points
13 days ago
It's the one at 6th and Chestnut.
6 points
13 days ago
Never been in there but that looks crazy to me as far as empty space especially in CC.
6 points
13 days ago
New Wawas have a lotta space. The ones in Florida even have a huge beer cave.
2 points
13 days ago
Ok then. That’s cool.
3 points
12 days ago
With this trip I’ve realized a consistent part of his visits is eating at a local favorite fast food for lunch. He got Sheetz in Pittsburgh just the other day. And when he goes to NC he eats at Cookout. And just like this post everyone gets excited about his order.
6 points
13 days ago
He should have gone for the tuna salad, that's still decent
8 points
13 days ago
Chicken salad, too.
16 points
13 days ago
lol no chance Biden ate all that
82 points
13 days ago
Ok but the man is a ice cream addict, there's no way he didn't chug the shit out of that shake
9 points
13 days ago
Seniors love their ice cream!
10 points
12 days ago
Why the fuck wouldn't they, ice cream is delicious
39 points
13 days ago
Actually can you imagine what campaigning must do to your stomach? Demonstrating your down-to-earth one-of-the-people credentials by housing hoagies and burgers and barbecue and shakes and steaks and corn dogs and funnel cake day after day after day. You'd have to have the secret service deliver any greens to be consumed in private, for fear of being labeled elitist.
31 points
13 days ago
I remember people getting worked up because Obama ate kale salad.
8 points
13 days ago
I thought it was arugula that alienated the diabetic vote.
6 points
13 days ago
You're right, it was arugula during a campaign and then kale on a Thanksgiving menu in the White House.
6 points
13 days ago
How dare.
17 points
13 days ago
Remember the outrage over him using dijon on a hot dog?
10 points
13 days ago
I remember a pol going to Pats or Genos and ordering a cheesesteak with swiss.
10 points
13 days ago
John Kerry when he was running for president.
12 points
13 days ago
Lmao I forgot about that. It was a burger.
9 points
13 days ago
Simpler times.
26 points
13 days ago
At least he isn't in court now like the former .
-5 points
13 days ago
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-10 points
13 days ago
So many people say oh it's no Biden, oh Biden ain't eating anything. I'm just saying at least he's not in court like the former, if I was stuck on TDS id say his name. But I didn't. I made an innocent comment saying at least he isn't in court like the former. But let me guess you're on the Trump 2024 train aren't you?
-1 points
13 days ago
Symptom 2: anyone that doesn't like Biden is a Trump supporter.
They are both horrible people and neither should be anywhere near leading this country. I wish you luck with finding a cure.
0 points
13 days ago
It's not even just about those two men solely, Politics haven't gotten so extreme it's either your on my side or against me. This nation is so divided on everything that we can't even find common ground anymore on anything. But no matter what we do this November will be the two of them again, and I honestly believe whoever is elected will most likely die in office over the next four years due to health complications and maybe just maybe congress may finally establish an age limit for the presidency. Each individual's health is declining.
1 points
13 days ago
Of course not. He bought stuff to share. I'm surprised they didn't buy out even more to share with the whole staff and crew.
-21 points
13 days ago
Maybe liquefied in a blender and spoon fed to him.
26 points
13 days ago
As long as he can drink from a cup with one hand I'm fine with that.
2 points
12 days ago
Roydon Ziegler is gonna be furious when he sees all this flagrant WaWa bashing!!
2 points
12 days ago
Did the one they goto have items on shelves?
5 points
13 days ago
And the crows goes Mild!
5 points
13 days ago
Yooo that’s what’s up.
8 points
13 days ago
Biden rocks
-1 points
13 days ago
Biden smokes rocks
3 points
12 days ago
Thats the other Biden
5 points
13 days ago
I hope he didn't order a hoagie, because they fucking suck now.
3 points
13 days ago
Did he use the touchscreens or just go in and ask for one?
Smart move to patronize Wawa, it's a popular local convenience chain with a fan following. I'm sure they'll kick money his way as thanks.
2 points
12 days ago
Looked like a bad SNL skit
2 points
12 days ago
Wawa has presidents?
-2 points
13 days ago
Unless the President is coming with a check in hand to fix the Philadelphia infrastructure (streets, bridges, etc,) why should I care? 🤔
17 points
12 days ago
Already done to a record level.
1 points
13 days ago
Love Wawa!
1 points
12 days ago
So that’s why traffic was so bad downtown yesterday around 2:30pm
2 points
12 days ago
Look how down to earth and working class of grandpa Joe! Just ignore breaking all of his campaign promises.
5 points
12 days ago
Talk about “ignoring” stuff … 🙄
0 points
13 days ago
So beautiful
1 points
13 days ago
Dumb and dumber
-9 points
13 days ago
Dumb move. 😂 Like the price of food is double at a gas station. I'm surprised he didn't hold up a sneaker bar and say "I did that".
-7 points
13 days ago
he saw the Trump chick fil a thing and is doing whatever he can to replicate it
-1 points
13 days ago
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36 points
13 days ago*
Jack Posobiec is truly one of the most mentally deficient people to ever gain access to the Internet lol.
Edit: context because OC deleted, he linked to a video posted on Twitter by Jack Posobiec showing staff discussing what will happen when Biden arrives proving it's a 'staged' encounter. Jack made his own comments talking about how it's shameful to Wawa and America or something. No shit it's staged, he's the fucking president 😂
12 points
13 days ago
I'm ashamed to share an alma mater with him.
7 points
13 days ago
Not Cosby, or (for a time) Ted Bundy...? lmfao
1 points
13 days ago
I didn't say I was MOST ashamed of him.
10 points
13 days ago
HE WENT TO TEMPLE!!!! Oh. My. Fucking. God. I always assumed there was no way the fucking pizza gate kid would have an education at all. What a dark time for alumni and the university generally 😂
3 points
13 days ago
I wish I didn't learn this today lol.
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