President Obama instructed his speech writer not to include any Chicago White Sox jokes in his remarks for the Cubs' White House visit on Monday, speech writer Cody Keenan told The Athletic's Jon Greenberg.
Keenan is a diehard Cubs fan and noted that he started writing the speech and taking notes immediately after Game 7 of the World Series.
“I banged it out in a day or two, then got sidetracked by the usual demands of the White House,” Keenan said. “No Sox jokes — the President is true about his fandom. He said go nuts with the Cubs remarks — just don’t rag on the Sox.