President Obama said the American people should be thankful for improved economic conditions and his signature healthcare law, during his final ceremony to pardon two Thanksgiving turkeys on Wednesday.
“Of course we have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving,” the president, flanked by two wandering 40-pound turkeys named Tater and Tot, told reporters and aides gathered in the White House Rose Garden. “Six straight years of job creation, the longest streak ever. Low unemployment, wages are rising again, inequality is narrowing, the housing market is healing [and] the stock market has nearly tripled.”
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