{"id":130184,"date":"2024-11-26T06:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T23:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130184"},"modified":"2024-11-26T06:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T23:50:56","slug":"biden-pardons-turkeys-peach-and-blossom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130184","title":{"rendered":"Biden pardons turkeys &#8216;Peach&#8217; and &#8216;Blossom&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/span> kicked off his final holiday season at the White House on Monday by issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the Thanksgiving table to live out their days in southern Minnesota. <\/p>\n<p>Biden welcomed 2,500 guests to the South Lawn under sunny skies as he cracked jokes about the fates of \u201cPeach\u201d and \u201cBlossom\u201d and sounded wistful tones about the last weeks of his presidency after a half-century in Washington power circles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been the honor of my life. I\u2019m forever grateful,\u201d Biden said, taking note of his impending departure on Jan. 20, 2025. That\u2019s when power will transfer to Republican President-elect Donald Trump, the man Biden defeated four years ago and was battling again until he was pressured <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-drops-out-2024-election-ddffde72838370032bdcff946cfc2ce6\">to bow out of the race<\/a><\/span> amid concerns about his age and viability. Biden is 82. <\/p>\n<p>Until Inauguration Day, the president and first lady <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/jill-biden\">Jill Biden<\/a><\/span> will continue a busy run of festivities that will double as their long goodbye. The White House schedule in December is replete with holiday parties for various constituencies, from West Wing staff to members of Congress and the White House press corps.<\/p>\n<p>Biden relished the brief ceremony with the pardoned turkeys, named for the official flower of the president\u2019s home state of Delaware. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe peach pie in my state is one of my favorites,\u201d he said during remarks that were occasionally interrupted by Peach gobbling atop the table to Biden\u2019s right. \u201cPeach is making a last-minute plea,\u201d Biden said at one point, drawing laughter from an overflow crowd that included Cabinet members, White House staff and their families, and students from 4H programs and Future Farmers of America chapters. <\/p>\n<p>Biden introduced Peach as a bird who \u201clives by the motto, \u2018Keep calm and gobble on.\u2019\u201d Blossom, the president said, has a different motto: \u201cNo fowl play. Just Minnesota nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"PagePromoEnhancementC\" data-gtm-region=\"Play our Thanksgiving game\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\" data-has-cta=\"\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1732106555722\" data-align-left=\"\">\n<div class=\"PagePromo-media\"><a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Play our Thanksgiving game\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/thanksgiving-dinner-inflation-groceries-buying-power\/\"><picture data-crop=\"medium-square\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9d6b4b5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1849x1849+0+0\/resize\/500x500!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8f%2F5f%2Fc1dc0f70424581f7217b2cb250cc%2Fthanksgiving-buyingpower-social-1-1.jpg\"><source width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f1ef55e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1849x1849+0+0\/resize\/500x500!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8f%2F5f%2Fc1dc0f70424581f7217b2cb250cc%2Fthanksgiving-buyingpower-social-1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f1ef55e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1849x1849+0+0\/resize\/500x500!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8f%2F5f%2Fc1dc0f70424581f7217b2cb250cc%2Fthanksgiving-buyingpower-social-1-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peach and Blossom came from the farm of John Zimmerman, near the southern Minnesota city of Northfield. Zimmerman, who has raised about 4 million turkeys, is president of the National Turkey Federation, the group that has gifted U.S. presidents Thanksgiving turkeys since the Truman administration after World War II. President Harry Truman, however, preferred to eat the birds. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousehistory.org\/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official pardon ceremonies<\/a><\/span> did not become an annual White House tradition until the administration of President George H.W. Bush in 1989. <\/p>\n<p>With their presidential reprieve, Peach and Blossom will live out their days at Farmamerica, an agriculture interpretative center near Waseca in southern Minnesota. The center\u2019s aim is to promote agriculture and educate future farmers and others about agriculture in America. <\/p>\n<p>Separately Monday, first lady <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/jill-biden\">Jill Biden<\/a><\/span> received <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/white-house-christmas-tree-north-carolina-helene-e4868d6b13c65cd4944c5fe26fafb058\">the official White House Christmas tree<\/a><\/span> that will be decorated and put on display in the Blue Room. The 18.5 foot (5.64 meters) Fraser fir came from a farm in an area of western North Carolina that recently was devastated by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/hurricane-helene\">Hurricane Helene<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Cartner\u2019s Christmas Tree Farm lost thousands of trees in the storm \u201cbut this one remained standing and they named it \u2018Tremendous\u2019 for the extraordinary hope that it represents,\u201d Jill Biden said at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Bidens also traveled to New York City on Monday for an evening \u201cFriendsgiving\u201d event at a Coast Guard station on Staten Island. <\/p>\n<p>Biden began his valedictory calendar Friday night with a gala for hundreds of his friends, supporters and staff members who gathered in a pavilion erected on the South Lawn, with a view out to the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet secretaries, Democratic donors and his longest-serving staff members came together to hear from the president and pay tribute, with no evidence that Biden was effectively forced from the Democratic ticket this summer and watched Vice President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> suffer defeat on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so proud that we\u2019ve done all of this with a deep belief in the core values of America,\u201d said Biden, sporting a tuxedo for the black-tie event. Setting aside his criticisms of Trump as a fundamental threat to democracy, Biden added his characteristic national cheerleading: \u201cI fully believe that America is better positioned to lead the world today than at any point in my 50 years of public service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first lady toasted her husband with a nod to his 2020 campaign promise to \u201crestore the soul of the nation,\u201d in Trump\u2019s aftermath. With the results on Election Day, however, Biden\u2019s four years now become sandwiched in the middle of an era dominated by Trump\u2019s presence on the national stage and in the White House. <\/p>\n<p>Even as the first couple avoided the context surrounding the president\u2019s coming exit, those political realities were nonetheless apparent, as younger Democrats like Maryland Gov. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wes-moore\">Wes Moore<\/a><\/span>, Illinois Gov. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/j-b-pritzker\">J.B. Pritzker<\/a><\/span> and Biden\u2019s Secretary of Transportation <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/pete-buttigieg\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a><\/span> not only raised their glasses to the president but held forth with many attendees who could remain in the party\u2019s power circles in the 2028 election cycle and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>___ Associated Press writer Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-turkey-pardon-white-house-christmas-tree-61b6e9bd0cc38e09133b908e92403af6\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden kicked off his final holiday season at the White House on Monday by issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130184\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}