For someone named “Joy,” it must be hard to live a life filled with this much sadness.
Here’s Joy Reid on today’s turkey pardons:
Gotta say these traditions — the turkey pardon, and other cutesy things presidents do — are lost to the ether for me when Trump performs them. The legal, ethical and moral clouds over his presidency are like a film on the camera lens.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 21, 2017
Can’t she take one day off?
https://twitter.com/LizWFB/status/933035092158681088
Liberals are such miserable, bitter, unhappy people. https://t.co/XN2kgS6jpG
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 21, 2017
You have to lead a sad life to constantly be outraged by Trump and let harmless things go by the wayside https://t.co/CEk37d1yPC
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 21, 2017
Reid did find one pardon joke funny:
This is the only #turkeypardon joke I'm retweeting today. Because it actually is both funny and appropriately savage. 🙂 https://t.co/R2St3LGQ5I
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 21, 2017
Here it is:
Nice try, Mike Flynn! #turkeypardon pic.twitter.com/gRQKoLQpZ0
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 21, 2017
Although it’s not clear that the president pardoned the correct bird. An investigation by Mark Knoller:
"Wow!" exclaimed the pres. "Big bird," he said of the turkey. "How heavy is that bird?" he asked. He was told 36 pounds. Although that's the weight of Wishbone. Drumstick's records say he's 47 pounds. Perhaps he pardoned the wrong bird. A special counsel may be needed. pic.twitter.com/YlHCblhk9S
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 21, 2017
Either way, both birds are safe:
.@POTUS: "Drumstick and his friend Wishbone will live out their days at Gobblers Rest… beautiful place." pic.twitter.com/OJH4teaYhg
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 21, 2017
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And leave it to the press corps to make the day about politics:
"Drumstick, you are officially pardoned" Trump says
A reporter yells out "Are you going to pardon any people?"
— Tom LoBianco (@tomlobianco) November 21, 2017
Trump did get in a pretty good joke on Obama’s past pardoned turkeys, however:
https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/933035986476584961
And for the record, this was the president’s second pardon since his inauguration:
Today's action brings Pres Trump's pardon count to one former sheriff and one turkey.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 21, 2017
More here from the White House:
President Trump and the First Lady Participate in the Pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey https://t.co/e723aNSTSI
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 21, 2017
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