Trump critics become comedians for annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon
NPR published a story proclaiming that it should be âinteresting to watchâ because itâs âa lighthearted event  but  Trump  isn't known for his public laughter â while the Boston Globe published an opinion piece imagining what is going on inside the presidentâs head before the event that is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the Rose Garden.
Anti-gun advocate Shannon Watts posted a poll on her Twitter account that asks  â Donald Trump  will be the first President not to pardon the Thanksgiving turkey â with choices being âyes â âno â and â his  sons will shoot it.â
A quick search of social media reveals several versions of lame attempts at humor such as  âWho wants to bet that  Trump  wonât pardon the Thanksgiving turkey this year and eats it instead?â Another user predicted that  Trump  will mistake turkeys for peacocks and call NBC fake news.
A Twitter user billed as the âstay at home punditâ tweeted  âIt wouldnât shock me if the turkey looked at  trump  and said âYou know what? Just kill me.ââ
CNNâs âState of the Unionâ featured a Jake Tapper cartoon mocking the entire process and asking if some of Trumpâs friends will be âenviousâ of the pardoned birds. A stab at a straight-news story on the liberal CNN's website included the irrelevant fact that â Trump 's most notorious interaction with a bird  a bald eagle used for a Time magazine photo shoot two years ago  didn't go so well â a reference to when the national bird didnât cooperate during a 2015 photo session.
Many of the jokes are related former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio  who  Trump  actually pardoned  or LaVar Ball  who the president recently called âungratefulâ after the outspoken father downplayed the White Houseâs role in freeing his son  LiAngelo  and a pair of UCLA teammates after they were caught shoplifting in China.
A satirical website circulated an article titled  â President Trump  orders the execution of five turkeys pardoned by Obama â and The New York Times recently had to inform its readers the story wasnât true. The HuffPost ran a  Trump  hit piece that is titled the  âTurkey Pardon Edition â despite not even mentioning the annual tradition.
NBCâs âSaturday Night Liveâ already mocked the situation with a sketch in which Alec Baldwinâs Donald Trump planned to pardon Paul Manafort by pretending that he is a turkey.  Baldwin's Trump  said  "There is a small chance that I'll screw that up  too  and my family will end up eating you for Thanksgiving."
NPR published a story proclaiming that it should be âinteresting to watchâ because itâs âa lighthearted event  but  Trump  isn't known for his public laughter â while the Boston Globe published an opinion piece imagining what is going on inside the presidentâs head before the event that is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the Rose Garden.
Anti-gun advocate Shannon Watts posted a poll on her Twitter account that asks  â Donald Trump  will be the first President not to pardon the Thanksgiving turkey â with choices being âyes â âno â and â his  sons will shoot it.â
A quick search of social media reveals several versions of lame attempts at humor such as  âWho wants to bet that  Trump  wonât pardon the Thanksgiving turkey this year and eats it instead?â Another user predicted that  Trump  will mistake turkeys for peacocks and call NBC fake news.
A Twitter user billed as the âstay at home punditâ tweeted  âIt wouldnât shock me if the turkey looked at  trump  and said âYou know what? Just kill me.ââ
CNNâs âState of the Unionâ featured a Jake Tapper cartoon mocking the entire process and asking if some of Trumpâs friends will be âenviousâ of the pardoned birds. A stab at a straight-news story on the liberal CNN's website included the irrelevant fact that â Trump 's most notorious interaction with a bird  a bald eagle used for a Time magazine photo shoot two years ago  didn't go so well â a reference to when the national bird didnât cooperate during a 2015 photo session.
Many of the jokes are related former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio  who  Trump  actually pardoned  or LaVar Ball  who the president recently called âungratefulâ after the outspoken father downplayed the White Houseâs role in freeing his son  LiAngelo  and a pair of UCLA teammates after they were caught shoplifting in China.
A satirical website circulated an article titled  â President Trump  orders the execution of five turkeys pardoned by Obama â and The New York Times recently had to inform its readers the story wasnât true. The HuffPost ran a  Trump  hit piece that is titled the  âTurkey Pardon Edition â despite not even mentioning the annual tradition.
NBCâs âSaturday Night Liveâ already mocked the situation with a sketch in which  [TGT]  planned to pardon Paul Manafort by pretending that he is a turkey.  Baldwin's  [TGT]   said  "There is a small chance that I'll screw that up  too  and my family will end up eating you for Thanksgiving."