Wednesday at the 67th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, which had to be moved inside due to Washington, D.C. weather, President Barack Obama used the tradition to mock Republican concerns over his executive action granting amnesty to upwards of 5 million illegal immigrants.
“I’m here to announce what I’m sure will be most talked about executive action this month,” Obama said. “Today I am taking an action fully within my legal authority, the same kind of action taking by Republican and Democrats before me.”
The president then called the turkey pardon amnesty.
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