On Tuesday, President Donald Trump participated in the annual turkey pardon at the White House where he trolled House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff about the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
The President started by thanking the farmers who raised the turkey but then joked about how the two turkey’s, “Bread” and “Butter” had been subpoenaed by Schiff.
“Thankfully, Bread and Butter have been specially raised by the Jacksons to remain calm under any condition, which will be very important because they have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff’s basement on Thursday,” he said while referring to the ongoing impeachment inquiry. “It’s true. Hundreds of people have. It seems the Democrats are accusing me of being too soft on Turkey.”
Check out what Politico reported:
He then poked fun at a familiar defense he’s deployed throughout the inquiry — that he’s not all that familiar with the slew of officials who have testified about their alarm at Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to open investigations into his domestic rivals. “Bread and Butter, I should note that unlike previous witnesses, you and I have actually met,” Trump joked.
After wishing Butter “a lot of luck,” he completed the pardon and sent both birds off to “Gobblers Rest,” an agricultural facility at Virginia Tech University. There, he predicted they “will be cared for and enjoy a terrific life,” though it’s highly unlikely either bird will live to see another Thanksgiving thanks to the breeding practices of turkey farmers.
The annual tradition began after Abraham Lincoln granted a one-time, unofficial pardon because his son had grown fond of a bird delivered to the White House. The lighthearted poultry rite continued throughout various administrations until George H.W. Bush made the turkey pardon official when he took office in 1989.
Trump has kept up the tradition, granting an official pardon last year to Peas and Carrots and the year before sparing Drumstick and Wishbone.
The President’s comments about the impeachment inquiry come at the same time as Schiff announced that he may hold more impeachment hearings after the first round of hearings turned out to be a massive failure for him.
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The hearings were such a dud that many Democrats including the media are now admitting that the House was unable to prove “high crimes and misdemeanors” of President Trump.
Check out what the Daily Wire reported:
Vulnerable and moderate Democrats say the hearings, which produced little in the way of first-person testimony of President Donald Trump’s alleged “high crimes and misdemeanors,” and featured few big-name witnesses, are costing them support and could cost them key races. Independents are fleeing from the impeachment inquiry in droves and, for the first time since the hearings started, fewer than 50% of Americans believe the President should be impeached.
Furthermore, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who has been suspiciously absent these last two weeks, has refused to provide air support in toss-up races, and the Democratic National Committee isn’t matching the millions of dollars in advertising that Republicans plan to air over Thanksgiving and the holiday season, pushing against the Democrats’ message of presidential malfeasance.
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