{"id":1440247,"date":"2022-04-15T12:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440247"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:15:01","slug":"fact-check-did-donald-trump-call-mike-pence-a-dog-in-a-recent-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-call-mike-pence-a-dog-in-a-recent-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Call Mike Pence A Dog In A Recent Statement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-donald-trump-call-mike-pence-a-dog-in-a-recent-statement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10159219158033462&#038;set=basw.Abqe-DfyiTkn9T5T7R4U-QN6abN-8t44AauaCncYAbJtVdZyiA_QUJpav1ACAZD-SufsSjxrrZ2y8U5BFL6pbQYG-D6CH4gX8vfDZL-tveefR8dYnWu2GJ5oFmi1zHxN09477o98_YaygPWP1lSgk_xIKv29C0XTWLaXczyj757TWw&#038;opaqueCursor=AbrV92fIm8O05t05yTiILjYHJfocAZ0A47L1W-dipLgMIkyWo8c0d1cXvePAwr3G-zimLDzvVFkm-4CqMbZoCdNZdyFxD49UOXs87Ia6bCoHp2ISzgwWz9wWi0wmd6zyX7gVVMGGRrjDdFtuLcfwnqHjFYUO9v811HreXKfEe6jBBOTdDNk9mSrCHzI4BlsMbij8wfSiY7VCrhyITmrDYy44uFNGkNvFdMFg6cNuTRWbx-Z1FPtTcyGil-J49kTzvJ_FEdKrYoRmrHHj60SQNk-A1n6fcdaTmJ76-7JWmLLMup14MSE-nz1u_q1W0Dav-NlgW68OWVYOHV81mUNeT0eWPWZlWHdZxcHtls9qfYlqodIxrv1SKuSZfmReX-F9qX6Sv7f0_LBgCtLxBQwdT_6ueEkM0dqtknsc2XfnB_hurztjAMfafxqTZrL1hmXgtcIpXQrQEQiAzHXF0YYkZT8E3XgHrsw6GlYBFZOZj6SIPS5sa5FFp_Y_6T0bpN5NLCG3YpMjbteeJIdhgKpjfipaFmh5tTp_iy5QGCNImCPRH9PpGFhhdk7xC7RDB81WeAUGtjNI14A5XM8FMaVHoFPp4wpgV91QkfX1ME5dCcWfcUnc5ru1JE44N2tPQnIzLpedQgwyeNg49SOMYP7XhLgkYSs-PP9hSY-S9Zb2XtfIhAa9K4cYgyTIkE0bkb0NNPo75PoVM2NH3re0AFOwtdcDQ6aVeWUUYEv8AlHx52gbEnHp6B2cXrk7NcqRmsX0JlFRa6hMxQZeLXjQxpToita7vDDt3Digoiwr6rDFkzjK-Z3Rd99yfowOYTPdIBjAHJC5iVAsspetZVkvWdXt_607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a statement released by former President Donald Trump that refers to former Vice President Mike Pence as a \u201cdog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The statement is digitally fabricated. There is no evidence Trump released a statement calling Pence a dog.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pence said during a speech in February that Trump was \u201cwrong\u201d in insisting that the vice president had the power to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-wrong-pence-overturn-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>. Trump responded to Pence\u2019s comment in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA\/status\/1489796362308886531\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> that accused the former vice president of being an \u201cautomatic conveyor belt for the Old Crow Mitch McConnell to get Biden elected President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims Trump recently took his criticism of Pence a step further. The image shows what appears to be an April 11 statement from Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/21\/fact-check-donald-trump-statement-tom-brady-shady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Donald Trump Release A Statement Calling Tom Brady \u2018Shady\u2019?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we celebrate National Pet Day, when all Americans give thanks for their pets,\u201d reads part of the alleged statement. \u201cWhile many people know Melania and I did not have an official pet in the White House during our four great years there, we did have a dog and his name was Vice President Mike Pence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Trump released this statement. Though it\u2019s written in the format of Trump\u2019s typical statements, it does not appear on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/archives\/2022\/04\/P10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> where all of his statements are posted. It also does not appear on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> page of Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington, who shares all of the former president\u2019s statements on Twitter. There are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Trump+dog+statement+Pence&#038;oq=Trump+dog+statement+Pence&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.4546j0j1&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> suggesting the former president called his running mate a dog.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time fake statements allegedly released by Trump have circulated online. Check Your Fact has previously debunked other fake Trump press releases, including one that referred to NFL player Tom Brady as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/21\/fact-check-donald-trump-statement-tom-brady-shady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shady<\/a>\u201d and another that referred to Mike Pence as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/10\/fact-check-trump-statement-pence-weak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weak<\/a>\u201d for not overturning the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a statement released by former President Donald Trump that refers to former Vice President Mike Pence as a \u201cdog.\u201dVerdict: False The statement is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}