To mark the prankers' holiday on Friday, Murphy noted in an executive order shared on Instagram that New Jersey's bird has been the American Goldfinch since June 27, 1935. However, he said that it ...

It then presented him with a 50 th birthday cake crowned with a giant extended middle finger. Both he and Mick Molloy flashed the bird several times on air, to generous applause.

“A politician in touch with his people,” another Twitter user wrote. For the record, the American goldfinch has been New Jersey’s state bird since 1935.