Joe Biden issued the traditional presidential pardon to two turkeys before Thanksgiving.
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In a lighthearted end to a dramatic week, Joe Biden issued the traditional presidential pardon to two turkeys on Friday, keeping them out of the Thanksgiving table.
“Every American wants the same thing. They want to be able to look a turkey in the eye and tell them everything is going to be okay,” Biden said in a comic strip of one of his trademark phrases about show sympathy for fellow Americans.
“And people, it’s going to be all right,” he said.
Two large white turkeys named Peanut Butter and Jelly won clemency during a Rose Garden ceremony ahead of the national Thanksgiving holiday next Thursday, when families traditionally gather around the The table is full of roasted turkey.
Biden quipped that the lucky birds were selected in a “preliminary turkey presidency” contest “based on their temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status.”
Referring to the Covid vaccination his government is encouraging Americans to get before winter, he said, “instead of being injected, these two turkeys are being boosted.”
Peanut Butter and Jelly is heading for a new life at Purdue University in Indiana.
Biden, who underwent a year-long medical on Friday, is set to fly home to his family in Delaware over the weekend and celebrate his 79th birthday on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, the House of Representatives passed his massive social spending bill, which has now moved to the Senate. This comes after Biden signed a historic infrastructure package, which was passed by Congress, on Monday.
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