The Porcine Pardon: Hog Named Six Seven Spared by Miami-Dade Mayor.
Although not quite at the equivalent scale as pardoning festive fowl, but the county's top official conducted a Donald Trump moment this week by formally pardoning the life of a swine named Six Seven.
Daniella Levine Cava performed the seasonal stunt at the Cuban-themed Latin Cafe 2000 in the center of Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
“The swine has done no wrong. Clemency is justified for her. No offenses are on her docket,” stated the mayor in a speech with inescapable allusions to the sheer volume of executive clemencies issued since the beginning of a second term in office.
“Unless you count eating 6 or 7 apples per day,” she went on. “May this pig enjoy a long and happy life away from worry.”
This ceremony, either celebrating or rejecting the local cultural practice of consuming swine during the holidays, was founded to replicate the traditional fowl clemency at the White House.
The swine, provided by a first responder, was named for the modern linguistic fad of young people exclaiming “six-seven” – inspired by a hip-hop line – often without clear purpose. The craze became so ubiquitous that a major dictionary recently made “six-seven” its 2025 word of the year.
A Peaceful Retirement
This particular pig is now set to enjoy its days at a farm sanctuary “distant from barbecues and spits”, according to the event’s official press release.
“The annual pig pardon has become a beloved tradition to open the end-of-year celebrations,” said the cafe owner, in a decidedly positive message.
“It embodies the spirit of Miami: happy, diverse, and grounded in customs that unite the community. Each year, we are honored to observe tradition and kindness in a way distinctively Miamian.”
Participants enjoyed a vegetarian menu of spinach croquetas and strong coffee as they marked the pig's pardon.
