FUNNY PAGES | ‘Under Trump, Those Turkeys Will Be Matt Gaetz and Rudy Giuliani’
Fallon skewers annual White House tradition
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Late-night comedian Jimmy Fallon poked fun at President Biden’s final turn at the annual tradition of pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys, before Biden leaves office in January.
Biden Monday ceremonially pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota, Peach and Blossom, at an event at the White House.
“Those aren’t turkey names. Peach and Blossom sound like the special guests at a bachelor party,” Fallon joked to laughter from his studio audience. “‘Hey, guys, the doorbell’s ringing, I guess — Hey, Peach and Blossom, come on in here.’”
“Thanksgiving isn’t for three more days, but the turkeys looked at Biden and said, ‘We better get this done,’” Fallon continued, to more laughs. “Yep, Biden promised that the turkeys would not get killed this November. Democrats were like, ‘Hey, that’s what you said to us.’”
The funny man turned his attention to imagining what next year’s turkey pardon will look like under Donald Trump.
“I hope everyone enjoyed the pardoning, because next year under Trump, those turkeys will be Matt Gaetz and Rudy Giuliani,” Fallon quipped, referring to the former Republican congressman suspected of sex trafficking and Trump’s former attorney who is under indictment in Arizona.
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