This Swine Life: Hog Named 6-7 Spared by Miami Dade County Mayor.
While perhaps not at the equivalent scale as pardoning holiday birds, but the mayor of Miami-Dade conducted a Donald Trump moment this week by ritually sparing the life of a swine named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava carried out the annual tradition at the Cuban-style Latin Cafe 2000 in the center of Miami’s iconic Little Havana neighborhood.
“The swine has done no wrong. Clemency is justified for her. Her criminal record is spotless,” stated the mayor in a speech with inescapable allusions to the extraordinary and sizable number of executive clemencies issued from the start of the onset of a current administration.
“If we disregard eating 6 or 7 apples per day,” she went on. “I hope she experiences a long and happy life away from worry.”
The event, either celebrating or rejecting the local cultural practice of feasting on pork during the holidays, was founded to replicate the traditional fowl clemency at the White House.
The pig, donated by a Coral Gables firefighter, was christened after the modern linguistic fad of young people shouting “six-seven” – deriving from a hip-hop line – often seemingly at random. The trend became so ubiquitous that a prominent word reference recently named “six-seven” its annual vocabulary selection.
A Peaceful Retirement
The pardoned swine is now scheduled to spend its days at a rural sanctuary “away from grills and cookware”, according to the organizers' announcement.
“The pig pardon has become a beloved tradition to open the festive period,” said the cafe owner, in a notably cheerful message.
“It represents the character of Miami: joyful, varied, and grounded in customs that unite the community. Annually, we are proud to celebrate tradition and kindness in a way only Miami can.”
Attendees enjoyed a vegetarian menu of spinach fritters and strong coffee as they toasted the pig's pardon.
