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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 22 November 2022
Biden opens holidays, pardons turkeys Chocolate and Chip

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE tinue their family tradition of
Associated Press spending the Thanksgiving
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- holiday on the Massachu-
dent Joe Biden continued setts island of Nantucket.
a 75-year tradition Mon- They hosted the wedding
day and pardoned a pair of their granddaughter,
of Thanksgiving turkeys Naomi Biden, at the White
named after his favorite House on Saturday, fol-
flavor of ice cream while lowed by a family brunch
cracking jokes about his on Sunday for the presi-
political party’s better- dent’s 80th birthday.
than-expected perfor- Humor aside, the president
mance in this month’s mid- ended Monday’s event on
term elections. a serious note, encourag-
“The votes are in, they’ve ing people to get their CO-
been counted and veri- VID-19 vaccines to ensure
fied,” Biden said as he wel- a healthy holiday season.
comed Chocolate and He also encouraged Amer-
Chip before hundreds of icans to reflect and “be
people gathered on the grateful for what we have.”
South Lawn in unseason- “This is a special time in the
ably cold weather. “There’s greatest nation on Earth
no ballot stuffing. There’s President Joe Biden pardons Chocolate, the national Thanksgiving turkey, at the White House in so let’s be thankful,” Biden
no fowl play. The only red Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. said. Chocolate, and an
wave this season’s gonna Associated Press alternate turkey, Chip,
be if German Shepard late and chip is Biden’s fa- North Carolina, according the Senate and, although were set to live the rest of
Commander knocks over vorite flavor of ice cream. to the National Turkey Fed- Republicans will control the their lives on the campus
the cranberry sauce on our The president joked at the eration, sponsor of the tur- House when a new Con- of North Carolina State Uni-
table.” Commander is his event that “we could have key tradition, which dates gress is seated in January, versity. Jill Biden was doing
dog. named them Chips and to 1947 and President Harry Democrats did keep GOP her part to help usher in the
Chocolate and Chip, each Science,” after the $280 bil- Truman. gains in that chamber to a holidays by accepting de-
weighing nearly 50 pounds lion CHIPS and Science Act The burst of holiday activ- minimum. livery of the official White
(22.68 kilograms), were that Biden championed ity at the White House fol- The official White House House Christmas tree.
driven up from North Caro- and signed into law this lowed a busy weekend Christmas tree also was be- The 18 foot- (5.5 meters)
lina on Saturday and were year. personally for Biden and his ing delivered on Monday -tall Concolor fir grown on
checked into a room at Before the ceremony, family, along with midterm and the Bidens planned to a farm in Pennsylvania, the
the Willard hotel near the Biden’s son Hunter Biden elections that saw the pres- help serve a Thanksgiving- state where the first lady
White House to await their brought his toddler son, ident’s Democratic Party style dinner on a North Car- grew up, will fill up the Blue
visit with the president and Beau, who is almost 3, out- perform well enough to olina Marine Corps base. Room after a chandelier
his declaration of their free- side to see the turkeys. defy historical trends that Biden and his wife, Jill, were is temporarily removed so
dom. Both gobblers were forecast huge losses. Dem- scheduled to leave Wash- the tree can be anchored
The combination of choco- hatched in July in Monroe, ocrats will keep control of ington on Tuesday to con- in place for safety.q

Georgia appeals ruling on Saturday early voting for runoff

By KATE BRUMBACK early voting on a Saturday Lawyers for the state on to four weeks, and Thanks- fered only five weekdays of
Associated Press if there is a holiday on the Monday filed an appeal giving falls in the middle. early in-person voting be-
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is Thursday or Friday preced- with the Georgia Court of Many Georgians will be of- ginning Nov. 28.q
appealing a judge’s ruling ing it. Appeals. They asked the
that allows counties to of- Thursday is Thanksgiving, court to immediately stay
fer early voting this coming and Friday is a state holi- the lower court ruling.
Saturday in the U.S. Senate day. The Saturday following They argue in a court filing
runoff election between those two holidays, Nov. that the ruling was errone-
Democratic Sen. Raphael 26, is the only possibility for ous for procedural rea-
Warnock and Republican Saturday voting before sons but also that Cox was
Herschel Walker. next month’s Senate runoff wrong to consider the run-
Warnock’s campaign, election between Warnock off a separate type of elec-
along with the Democrat- and Walker. tion rather than a continua-
ic Party of Georgia and Fulton County Superior tion of the general election.
the Democratic Senato- Court Judge Thomas Cox Warnock and Walker, a for-
rial Campaign Committee, on Friday issued an order mer football player, were
sued the state last week, siding with the Warnock forced into a Dec. 6 run-
arguing that early voting campaign and the Demo- off because neither won
should be allowed that cratic groups. He found a majority in the midterm
day. They were challeng- that the law cited by the election this month.
ing guidance from Repub- state regarding Saturday Georgia’s 2021 election This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock,
D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug.
lican Secretary of State voting after a holiday does law compressed the time 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker
Brad Raffensperger that not apply to a runoff elec- period between the gen- speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021.
said state law doesn’t allow tion. eral election and the runoff Associated Press