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News: President Joe Biden pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s holiday time at the White House, and President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are plunging into the season.
Biden participated in the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey on Monday. The first lady accepted delivery of the official White House Christmas tree.
And both Bidens visited North Carolina later in the day to share an early Thanksgiving meal with members of the military and their families at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. The burst of holiday activity follows the president’s granddaughter’s White House wedding and his 80th birthday over the weekend.
Biden made a glaringly false statement as he pardoned the two turkeys , incorrectly claiming that his home state of Delaware has the most chickens in the nation. Delaware has an extensive list of farms that raise turkeys – also contradicting the President’s claims that the birds are not in the state, which is often referred to as the Blue Hen state.
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