Although not quite at the equivalent scale as granting clemency to Thanksgiving turkeys, but the mayor of Miami-Dade had her own Donald Trump moment this week by ritually sparing the life of a pig named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava executed the holiday gesture at the Cuban-style Latin Cafe 2000 in the center of Miami’s iconic Little Havana neighborhood.
“This animal is guiltless. She deserves this act of mercy. No offenses are on her docket,” Levine Cava said in a speech with clear references to the sheer volume of executive clemencies issued from the start of the onset of a new presidential term.
“If we disregard eating six or seven apples per day,” she went on. “I hope she experiences a prosperous future away from worry.”
The gathering, which both honors and questions the region’s Hispanic tradition of feasting on pork during the holidays, was created to mirror the traditional fowl clemency at the White House.
The pig, donated by a first responder, was christened after the current slang trend of young people yelling “6-7” – originating from a hip-hop line – often without clear purpose. The craze became so ubiquitous that a leading lexicon site recently declared “six-seven” its 2025 word of the year.
A New Life
This particular pig is now destined to live out its days at a rural sanctuary “far from charcoal and roasting pans”, according to the ceremony's official statement.
“The annual pig pardon has become one of our favorite ways to begin the end-of-year celebrations,” said Eric Castellanos, in a notably cheerful message.
“It embodies the essence of Miami: joyful, varied, and grounded in customs that bring people together. Every time, we are proud to celebrate heritage and mercy in a way distinctively Miamian.”
Participants enjoyed a plant-based fare of spinach fritters and cafecito as they marked the swine's new lease on life.
