Biden pardons pair of Thanksgiving turkeys: Chocolate and Chip
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On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, ahead of Thanksgiving this year as a part of a decades-long White House tradition. Left-leaning articles highlight the history of the annual turkey pardon, while right-leaning articles highlight Biden’s joke during the ceremony about Republicans’ disappointing midterm results.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting on the annual tradition of pardoning a turkey around the Thanksgiving holiday. This year, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate were pardoned by Biden who jokingly remarked that there was no “fowl play” or “ballot stuffing.” The pardon ensures that the turkeys will not be slaughtered for a Thanksgiving meal. After the ceremony, the birds will go on to reside at North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlighted the history of the turkey pardon, which dates back as far as former President Abraham Lincoln but did not become a staple tradition until 1989 when former President George H.W. Bush revived it. The article also notes that Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden also attended a Friendsgiving dinner at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina with service members and military families—a part of Jill Biden’s Joining Forces initiative. The Biden family will spend Thanksgiving this year in Nantucket, Mass.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlighted that Biden joked that there would be no “red wave” this year except for if Commander, his German Shepherd, knocked over cranberry sauce—a playful nod to the disappointing midterm results for Republicans who were predicted to sweep the elections. The article also added that Biden claimed that his home state of Delaware has more “more chickens than anybody in the nation”—which is false.