Following Thanksgiving tradition, Biden to pardon the president for a turkey; both birds get a favor
However, the tradition of pardoning a turkey did not become an annual event until years later, when President George H.W. Bush, target of animal rights opponents, speak, “Let me assure you, and this scrumptious turkey tom, that he won’t end up on anyone’s dinner table, not this guy – he’s been pardoned by the president. from now on.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-turkeys-pardon-thanksgiving/2021/11/19/bcca08b0-4942-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics Following Thanksgiving tradition, Biden to pardon the president for a turkey; both birds get a favor
