the book is amazing, in how you bring us to the founding fathers and talk about what s going on in the penal system today. thank you for having me. in 1995 when i was elected to congress, i served under three presidents. william jefferson clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. and for 17 years, i watched three presidents as a representative pardon turkeys on thanksgiving and i struggled whether or not the founding fathers had turkeys on their minds when they elevated the idea of granting clemmency to end shape, blame and guilt in a person s life to the constitution. i don t think so. during the obama administration i watched the first african american president exercise the exact same power as his predecessor. so color has nothing to do with it. after pleading guilty for using my campaign funds, as you correctly noted, i then started talking with other men who needed the benign prerogative of
pete: i also texted you cowboys and vikings in the championship game. will: you got a little ahead of yourself. rachel: in our family the kids dressed up at indians and pilgrims. they do that every year until they reach an age where they said i m not doing it anymore. we had more indians than pilgrims. two indians, one pilgrim. that s how it started. let me show you how it ended. that s how it ends. [laughter] pete: exactly how it should end right there. phenomenal. and that s sort of how mine ended as well. i have two photos, i think. i don t know which one they will put up first. we went out for thanksgiving. and that s gwen. met the turkey pardon turkeys will or pete. will: we did name. the turkeys with named will or pete. pete: that is me watching texas longhorns. actually win. i like the moccasins.
making a joke about all the executive orders of his democratic predecessor and this is one executive order he could not revoke. clearly an attempt to bring humor to what is undoubtedly a humorous event it watch the president of the united states pardon turkeys. his version of humor is not self e facing in any way. it is taking the opportunity to have an elbow to his predecessor. he did properly note that he has been very focused on overturning obama era rules and regulations. declarations that president obama put in place. again, an attempt at humor, but a clear insight into donald trump s thinking even at very casual holiday events like this. even tater and tot are political. now that that passed, i want to go back to the phone call between president trump and