On 11/21/2022, Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys as part of the White House’s annual Thanksgiving tradition. Biden delivered remarks at the White House event, which he said he would keep short because “nobody likes it when their turkey gets cold.” The two North Carolina turkeys, “Chocolate” and “Chip” – coincidentally named after Joe Biden’s favorite ice cream flavor, received presidential pardons. Biden last year pardoned turkeys named “Peanut Butter” and “Jelly” from Indiana. This year’s turkeys, “Chocolate” and “Chip,” which the president noted is his favorite ice cream flavor, President Joe Biden announced to the audience that chocolate is his “favorite ice cream”, “Chocolate is my favorite ice cream,” Biden said.
The Democrats stopped the 2022 ‘red wave’ and Biden jokes about it. The president joked that the only red wave this year will be if his large German Shepherd dog, named Commander, knocks over the cranberry sauce during Thanksgiving, in a nod to the midterm elections which did not see overwhelming Republican victories as expected, “The votes are in… there’s no ballot stuffing, there’s no ‘fowl’ play — the only ‘red wave’ this season is going to be a German Shepherd, Commander, that knocks over the cranberry sauce on our table,” Biden said.
Joe Biden’s exchange with the National Turkey Federation chairman was awkward (as usual). Biden then looked at the turkey and said, “You wanna talk?” Biden said a turkey farmer’s 9.5 million turkeys are “like some of the countries I’ve been to”
“And now, based on their temperament and commitment to be productive members of society, I hereby pardon Chocolate and Chip,” he said. The president also claimed his home state of Delaware has “more chickens than anybody in the nation,” which is false. The poultry industry plays a significant role in Delaware, but the state is not even in the top ten for chicken populations.
The National Turkey Federation has donated turkeys to the president ahead of Thanksgiving since 1947 under President Harry Truman. President John F. Kennedy is believed to be the first president to spare the turkey, and President George H. W. Bush was the first to formalize the “pardon” tradition.
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Biden pardons Turkey Chocolate ice cream, turkeys are “like some of the countries”, only ‘red wave’