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# WHITE HOUSE LOLS
"Some might call this amnesty" ... Obama pardons two turkeys from their terrible and delicious fate
“I am here to announce what I’m sure will be the most talked-about executive action this month.”
US PRESIDENT BARACK Obama took a sly dig at critics of his recently-announced immigration reforms today, as he oversaw the traditional White House turkey-pardoning ceremony.
“I am here to announce what I’m sure will be the most talked-about executive action this month,” he said, to laughs from the crowd present.
“Today I am taking an action fully within my legal authority — the same kind of action taken by Democrat and Republican presidents before me — to spare the lives of two turkeys, Mac and Cheese, from a terrible and delicious fate.”
The two fortunate birds are off to live out their days at a Virginia estate with “10,000 acres of roaming space”.
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