President Joe Biden, accompanied by Ronald Parker, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, (L), speaks next to Chocolate, the national Thanksgiving turkey, (L), during a pardoning ceremony at the White House on Nov. 21, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden continued a 75-year tradition Monday and pardoned a pair of Thanksgiving turkeys named after his favorite flavor of ice cream.
Biden welcomed turkeys Chocolate and Chip before hundreds of people gathered on the South Lawn in unseasonably cold weather.