US President Joe Biden pardons Chocolate, the Nationwide Thanksgiving Turkey, as he’s joined by the Nationwide Turkey Federation Chairman Ronnie Parker (L) on the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, DC on November 21, 2022. (Picture by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Picture by SAUL LOEB/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
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US President Joe Biden pardons Chocolate, the Nationwide Thanksgiving Turkey, as he’s joined by the Nationwide Turkey Federation Chairman Ronnie Parker (L) on the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, DC on November 21, 2022. (Picture by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Picture by SAUL LOEB/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
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It is a vacation custom in contrast to some other — the annual pardoning of Thanksgiving turkeys. However not everyone is a fan of giving the birds clemency, particularly in the event that they’ve needed to report on it for greater than a decade straight.
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