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It might not have been at the identical stature as pardoning holiday birds, but the Miami-Dade County mayor had her own Donald Trump moment this week by formally pardoning the life of a pig named Six Seven.

Daniella Levine Cava executed the holiday gesture at the Cuban-style Latin Cafe 2000 in the heart of Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.

“The swine has done no wrong. She deserves this act of mercy. No offenses are on her docket,” stated the mayor in a speech with inescapable allusions to the sheer volume of pardons issued from the start of the beginning of a second term in office.

“Except perhaps for eating half a dozen apples per day,” she went on. “Let this swine have a prosperous future free from concern.”

This ceremony, either celebrating or rejecting the area's customary feast of eating roast pork during the holidays, was established to replicate the traditional fowl clemency at the White House.

The swine, provided by a Coral Gables firefighter, was christened after the popular vernacular phrase of young people exclaiming “six-seven” – deriving from a hip-hop line – often without clear purpose. The craze became so pervasive that a prominent word reference recently made “six-seven” its 2025 word of the year.

A New Life

This particular pig is now destined to live out its days at a countryside refuge “far from charcoal and roasting pans”, according to the event’s official press release.

“This swine clemency has become one of our favorite ways to begin the end-of-year celebrations,” said the event host, in a notably cheerful message.

“It captures the spirit of Miami: joyful, diverse, and rooted in traditions that bring people together. Annually, we are proud to celebrate tradition and kindness in a way distinctively Miamian.”

Guests enjoyed a meat-free selection of spinach croquetas and Cuban coffee as they celebrated the pig's pardon.