President Biden on Monday upheld the White House tradition of granting pardons to turkeys, sparing them from ending up on somebody’s Thanksgiving dinner table.
The White House's Thanksgiving practice doesn't go back as far as you might think and has been sustained by a special interest group — the turkey lobby.
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden, wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses, pardoned two turkeys from North Carolina named Chocolate and Chip on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving dinner tables.
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, on Monday as he discharged the presidential duty of the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon. “The votes are in, they’ve been counted and verified, no ballot stuffing, no fowl play.
President Joe Biden made light-hearted references to Democrats’ success in the midterm elections as he pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, in what has become a quirky Thanksgiving tradition under presidents of both parties.
President Biden will continue a presidential tradition Monday ahead of Thanksgiving by pardoning two turkeys from North Carolina, just a day after he turned 80.
For the second time, the president played his part in the 75-year tradition of issuing a presidential pardon to keep a pair of turkeys off the holiday dinner table.
President Joe Biden poked fun at Republicans for their midterm elections performance as he pardoned this year's national Thanksgiving turkeys, Chocolate and Chip.
The White House on Monday plunged into the holiday season with the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey, the arrival of the official Christmas tree and serving up a Thanksgiving-style dinner on a military base.
President Joe Biden continued a 75-year tradition Monday and pardoned a pair of Thanksgiving turkeys named after his favorite flavor of ice cream while cracking jokes about his political party's better-than-expected performance in this month's midterm elections.
President Biden did the annual presidential turkey pardon on Monday, and he made sure not to let the GOP turkeys who predicted a red wave off the hook.
