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Despite the pandemic and President Trump largely disappearing from public events in the wake of this months election, the turkey pardon will go on. The annual Thanksgiving event at the White House is poised to take place next week, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the fowl-filled gathering.
Questions were raised about whether the ceremony would happen amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has kept a light public schedule after the Nov. 3 election was called for President-elect Joe Biden ...
The White House, which typically allows voters to choose from a pair of gobblers which one will be named the National Thanksgiving Turkey, has not yet updated its page.
While the winner receives a turkey pardon from the commander in chief, traditionally both animals which ITK hears hail from Iowa this year are spared from ending up on the Thanksgiving table.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/526495-white-house-moving-forward-with-turkey-pardon-amid-pandemic
(Im betting a pissed off Trump condemns them both to death)
hlthe2b
(102,267 posts)Blue Owl
(50,362 posts)underpants
(182,802 posts)👍?
malaise
(268,993 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Damn, you beat me to it again!
Grrr.
malaise
(268,993 posts)Love you back
That one wrote itself
Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)just in case.
Backseat Driver
(4,392 posts)behead them both with a cleaver on Twitter LIVE and demand to parade them around inside the securely fenced People's WH.
Demonaut
(8,916 posts)or have Sarah Palin do it