Biden does his final White House Thanksgiving turkey pardoning: 'Last time to speak here as your president'

President Biden pardoned this year's nationalist Thanksgiving turkeys "Peach" and "Blossom" connected the South Lawn of the White House connected Monday – the past clip helium volition partake successful the contented successful office. 

Biden thanked John Zimmerman, seat of the National Turkey Federation, and Zimmerman's lad Grant for participating successful the yearly White House tradition.

The nationalist turkey lobby archetypal presented a turkey to President Truman successful the 1940s for Thanksgiving, and President George H.W. Bush began the yearly contented of pardoning turkeys, Biden said. 

Zimmerman has raised much than 4 cardinal turkeys implicit his 35-year career, Biden noted. In the past 4 years, Biden has pardoned different nationalist Thanksgiving turkeys, named "Peanut Butter" and "Jelly," "Chocolate" and "Chip," and "Liberty" and "Bell." 

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President Biden is pictured with John Zimmerman, seat of the National Turkey Federation, and Zimmerman's lad Grant, aft pardoning the nationalist Thanksgiving turkey Peach during a ceremonial connected the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In his remarks, Biden said Zimmerman's household was from Northfield, Minnesota, which the president and his Agriculture Secretary Tim Vilsack visited past twelvemonth with "our large friend, the Minnesota politician Tim Walz, talking astir transforming agrarian America backmost successful Minnesota." Walz ran unsuccessfully for the White House arsenic vice president connected the summons with Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Vice President Harris, who was notably absent from Monday's turkey pardoning ceremony. 

Biden did not notation Harris, who is reportedly keeping a debased illustration with adjacent aides and household successful Hawaii pursuing her decision by President-elect Trump. 

The 82-year-old president did instrumentality the accidental to springiness acknowledgment for his word successful office.

President Biden speaks during a pardoning ceremonial connected the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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"This lawsuit marks the authoritative commencement of the vacation play present successful Washington. It's besides my last clip to talk present arsenic your president during the season," Biden said. "And springiness acknowledgment and gratitude. So fto maine accidental to you, it's been the grant of my life. I'm everlastingly grateful that contiguous my wife, Jill, and I volition question to Staten Island, New York, for a Friendsgiving with members of the Coast Guard and their families to show our gratitude for their work and sacrifice – similar my son. We're besides keeping our hearts to those who person mislaid truthful overmuch who volition person an bare spot astatine the Thanksgiving meal array tonight, oregon excuse me, Thursday night."

The nationalist Thanksgiving turkeys Peach and Blossom earlier the pardoning ceremonial astatine the White House, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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"May we usage this infinitesimal to instrumentality clip from our engaged lives, and absorption connected what matters most. Our families," Biden added. "In America, we ne'er springiness up. We support going. We support the faith. Just retrieve who we are. We're the United States of America. There's nothing, nothing, thing beyond our capableness if we bash it together. So blessed Thanksgiving, America. God bless you all. And whitethorn God support our troops."