PETA pressures First Lady Jill Biden to swap eggs for potatoes at annual Easter egg roll: 'Spudtacular'

Animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals told the White House that it's time for a fresh starch, urging First Lady Jill Biden to swap chicken eggs for potatoes at the annual Easter Egg Roll. In a pun-heavy letter to the first lady, PETA said they wanted to 'respectfully suggest an appeeling way to modernize the White House Easter Egg Roll,' which is set for April 1.

Newkirk said that the potato roll would not 'exploit any sentient beings and would encourage empathy and kindness to animals while supporting potato farmers in the U.S.' 'Potatoes are the most popular vegetable in the country and can be safely dyed, allowing for spudtacular traditional activities, such as rolling them, seeking for them, and decorating them,' the letter said.

In starch contrast, a potato roll would support U.S. potato farmers and teach tots that our fellow animals are sensitive, feeling beings who deserve respect,' the organization said. 'Chickens form complex social hierarchies and can recognize more than 100 individuals of their own species. They feel pain and fear, just as humans do.' PETA also cited the rising cost of eggs and the ongoing avian flu outbreak to consider economical alternatives.

Fox News Digital has reached out to PETA and the White House for comment.

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