 President Joe Biden is expected to take on the annual tradition of pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys, presidents have spared turkeys often on as far back as the Lincoln era, but the first official pardon was granted by President George Bush in 1989.The event is usually an opportunity for droll commentary by the president and the kind of inside detail that the White House rarely shares with reporters. When former President Donald Trump was in the White House he made impeachment jokes while. Pardoning the holiday bird while pardoning two turkeys in 2006, former President George Bush made light of the situation, the birds have found themselves in the pardoning of the turkeys will set in motion of a flurry of holiday events in the White House as the 2023 year comes to a close. It's a fine looking bird, isn't it? Flyer is probably wondering where he's going to wind up tomorrow. He's probably thinking he's going to end up on somebody's table. Well I'm happy to report that he and Flyer both have many tomorrows ahead of him. Don't interrupt. You are hereby pardoned. Give me a hand. Give me a hand. I'm hereby grant you a full and complete pardon.