{"id":2514432,"date":"2025-11-25T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-biden-over-autopen-use-during-turkey-pardons\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:14:59","slug":"trump-slams-biden-over-autopen-use-during-turkey-pardons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-biden-over-autopen-use-during-turkey-pardons\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams Biden over autopen use during turkey pardons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-slams-biden-over-autopen-use-during-turkey-pardons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514432&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump held the annual Thanksgiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-turkey-pardon-ceremony-gets-weird\/\" title=\"...&#039;s &quot;Turkey ...&quot; Ceremony Gets Weird\">turkey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-criticize-white-houses-talking-points-list-of-bidens-top-accomplishments-2\/\" title=\"Republicans Criticize ...\u2019s &quot;Talking Points&quot; List of ...\u2019s \u201cTop Accomplishments\u201d\">pardoning ceremony<\/a><\/a>, officially pardoning two turkeys named gobble and Waddle. During the event,trump took a jab at his predecessor,President Joe Biden,accusing him of using an autopen (a device that automates signatures) to pardon the turkeys the previous year. Trump declared last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-presidential-turkey-pardon-constitutional-legal-experts-and-peta-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Is The ...ial Turkey ... Constitutional? Legal Experts And PETA Weigh In\">turkey pardons<\/a> invalid consequently,claiming that the turkeys-named Peach and Blossom last year-were nearly sent to be processed for Thanksgiving dinner untill he intervened. Trump also referenced the controversial pardon of Hunter Biden by Joe Biden before leaving office. In a lighthearted moment, trump joked about naming the turkeys after political figures Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi but decided against it. The turkeys were raised in North Carolina and will spend their retirement at North Carolina State University&#8217;s poultry science department. The ceremony included playful remarks and photos with White house staff and officials.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump can&rsquo;t resist Biden autopen dig as he declares last year&rsquo;s Thanksgiving turkey pardons invalid<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2413709\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> pardoned two turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, on Tuesday ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thanksgiving\/\">Thanksgiving<\/a> holiday, he couldn&rsquo;t resist taking a shot at his predecessor, former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>, and his liberal use of the autopen while in office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He used an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/autopen\/\">autopen<\/a> last year for the turkey&rsquo;s pardon,&rdquo; Trump said of Biden. &ldquo;So I have the official duty to determine, and I have determined, that last year&rsquo;s Turkey <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pardons\/\">pardons<\/a> are totally invalid, as are the pardons of about every other person that was pardoned, other than, where&rsquo;s Hunter?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897598\/trump-begins-process-foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-muslim-brotherhood\/\">Trump signs order to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >begin terrorist designation process<\/a> for some Muslim Brotherhood chapters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3895367\/trump-administration-ai-genesis-initiative-apollo-program\/\">Trump&#8217;s moonshot: Administration compares AI &#8216;Genesis&#8217; initiative to Apollo program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897451\/fcc-broadcast-ownership-cap-review\/\">Trump signals caution on raising media ownership limits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The president was alluding to the former president&rsquo;s pardon of his son, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\">Hunter Biden<\/a>, before he left office. The younger Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges and was found guilty of being an illegal drug user in possession of a gun last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed that a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department<\/a> investigation of Biden declared that the use of an autopen nullified the turkey pardons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re hereby null and void. The turkeys known as Peach and Blossom last year have been located, and they were on their way to be processed, in other words, to be killed,&rdquo; Trump said of last year&rsquo;s turkey pardons. &ldquo;But I have stopped that journey, and I am officially pardoning them, and they will not be served for Thanksgiving dinner. We saved them in the nick of time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump eventually pardoned Gobble and Waddle during the Tuesday ceremony in the Rose Garden. &ldquo;Waddle, by the way, is missing in action, but that&rsquo;s OK. We&rsquo;ll pretend Waddle is here,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just want to tell you this very important: you are hereby unconditionally [pardoned],&rdquo; Trump said to Gobble.<\/p>\n<p>The president joked that he wanted to name the two turkeys after Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) and House Speaker Emerita <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA), but changed his mind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(696 \/ 464)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks during a turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Karoline Leavitt holds her son in the White House briefing room next to national Thanksgiving turkey Waddle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">National Thanksgiving turkey Gobble poses during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, arrive for a turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Karoline Leavitt holds her son in the White House briefing room next to national Thanksgiving turkey Waddle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Vice President JD Vance attends the turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. ( Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I was gonna call them Chuck and Nancy. But then I realized I wouldn&rsquo;t be pardoning them,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I would never pardon those two people. I wouldn&rsquo;t pardon them, I wouldn&rsquo;t care what[firstlady[firstlady<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\">Melania Trump<\/a>]told me. &lsquo;Darling. I think it would be a nice thing to do.&rsquo; I won&rsquo;t do it, darling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The two turkeys were raised in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\">North Carolina<\/a> under the direction of National Turkey Federation Chairman Jay Jandrain and Butterball contract grower Travis Pittman of Nahunta, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3898250\/avoiding-food-poisoning-thanksgiving\/\">TALKING TURKEY: AVOIDING FOOD POISONING ON THANKSGIVING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gobble and Waddle spent the night at The Willard InterContinental Hotel and will return to the Tar Heel State later on Tuesday. They will spend the rest of their lives under the care of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>Waddle visited the briefing room earlier this morning, where he posed for photos with White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> and her son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump mocks Biden&#8217;s autopen, invalidates last year&#8217;s turkey pardons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2514433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-ajdyppwx8-1764094334052-e1764095997681.jpg?1764077992&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51873,3620,36160,3634,67677],"class_list":["post-2514432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-autopen","tag-biden","tag-political-controversy","tag-trump","tag-turkey-pardons"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-ajdyppwx8-1764094334052-e1764095997681.jpg?1764077992&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514436,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514432\/revisions\/2514436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}