President Trump pardoned two turkey’s right before Thanksgiving, and during the ceremony made a joke about impeachment. Nobody expected ...
President Trump pardoned two turkey’s right before Thanksgiving, and during the ceremony made a joke about impeachment.
Nobody expected what happened to the two innocent young Turkeys after the ceremony:
Now THAT is funny and illustrates the madness that has become our government, especially among Democrats like Adam Schiff, and all because of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Here’s the background on this hilarious story:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday used the high power of his office to pardon “Butter,” a 47 pound (21 kg) turkey, during a U.S. tradition at the White House where he also cracked jokes about Democrats’ investigation into whether he should be impeached.
Both Butter and his alternate “Bread” escaped the fate of becoming the main course of a Thanksgiving feast and were sent to a special reserve in Virginia.
Standing at a podium in the Rose Garden, Trump said the birds had been raised to remain calm under “any condition.”
“Which will be very important because they’ve already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff’s basement on Thursday,” he joked, referring to the House of Representatives intelligence committee chairman who has led the inquiry into whether Trump should be impeached for pressing Ukraine to investigate a political rival of his.
“It seems the Democrats are accusing me of being too soft on turkey. But Bread and Butter, I should note, that, unlike previous witnesses, you and I have actually met.”
The swamp HATES IT that @realDonaldTrump is having a good time. Get used to it pals, 5 more yrs coming up! "Trump formally pardons BOTH Butter & Bread as he jokes Schiff's impeachment committee was planning to subpoena the Natl Thanksgiving Turkeys" dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
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While other presidents occasionally gave turkeys commutations starting with Abraham Lincoln, another Republican president, George H. W. Bush, was the first to make sparing one an official act, according to the non-profit Constitution Center. Trump’s predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, is credited with starting the tradition of cracking “dad jokes” at the pardon.
The threat of impeachment may be looming larger each day, with Democrats expected to release a crucial report after Thanksgiving, but it did not stop the White House from reveling this week in the somewhat goofy pardoning tradition.
It posted videos of the turkeys checking into a special suite at the Willard Hotel, where political leaders have stayed in the past, and baseball card-like statistics on both Bread and Butter.
The National Turkey Federation introduced the birds in a press conference on Tuesday. In true Washington fashion, polling decided which turkey would receive the official pardon, with Americans sharing their preference for Butter on Twitter.
Trump jokes that Thanksgiving turkeys have received subpoenas:
"Unlike previous witnesses, you and I have actually met. It's very unusual.
In any event, I expect this pardon will be very popular with the media, after all turkeys are closely related to vultures."
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According to the White House, Butter enjoys listening to bagpipes and has a gobble style that is “rowdy.” Bread prefers Bluegrass music and wants to master aerial yoga.
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