80-year-old Biden falsely claims Delaware has most chickens in the nation

President Biden made a manifestly false assertion as he pardoned two turkeys on the White Home Monday, incorrectly claiming that his dwelling state of Delaware has essentially the most chickens within the nation.

“Now we have extra chickens than anyone within the nation in Delaware, however we do not have turkeys,” Biden, who turned 80 Sunday, falsely claimed in the course of the annual custom.

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Delaware has an in depth checklist of farms that elevate turkeys – additionally contradicting the president’s claims that the birds will not be within the state, which is sometimes called the Blue Hen State.

Nevertheless, the nation’s second-smallest state does have a booming poultry business with a hen inhabitants that outnumbers its residents by 200:1. However Delaware’s hen inhabitants doesn’t crack the highest 10 of states within the nation, based on Statistica. And its poultry business, which is price an estimated $1.7 billion and supplies 3,500 jobs, will not be even within the prime 5 within the U.S., based on the Nationwide Rooster Council. 

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President Biden is joined by Nationwide Turkey Federation Chairman Ronnie Parker and Alexa Starnes, daughter of the proprietor of Circle S Ranch, as he pardons the turkey Chocolate, on the South Garden of the White Home, Nov. 21, 2022.
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Biden pardoned two turkeys from North Carolina Monday, “Chocolate” and “Chip,” which he mentioned is his favourite ice cream taste. 

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President Biden in the course of the turkey pardoning ceremony.
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The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.