{"id":2388618,"date":"2025-01-09T23:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murdos-new-digs-thunes-bison-sidekick-moves-up-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T23:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T04:22:50","slug":"murdos-new-digs-thunes-bison-sidekick-moves-up-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murdos-new-digs-thunes-bison-sidekick-moves-up-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdo\u2019s new digs: Thune\u2019s bison sidekick moves up &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmurdos-new-digs-thunes-bison-sidekick-moves-up-washington-examiner%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=2388618&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--><p>The\u200c provided content appears to be a \u200bfragment\u2063 of HTML \u2064code, which includes elements for a user\u2064 interface, such as a button\u200c labeled\u2064 &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; and a search \u2062function. 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He had been hanging in Thune&rsquo;s Republican whip office since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Murdo will serve the same role as before, though, acting as a conversation piece for the lawmakers, dignitaries, and administration officials cycling through the office.<\/p>\n<p>He shares the walls with portraits of Teddy Roosevelt and the two Bush presidents.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate Majority Leader John Thune&rsquo;s (R-SD) new Senate office includes a bison head named Murdo, hung in the front room of his majority leader suite. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thune has other nods to South Dakota in his suite, among them Lakota tribe artifacts and two more taxidermy animals, an antelope and pheasant.<\/p>\n<p>But Murdo, named after Thune&rsquo;s hometown, has a special place in the hearts of staffers, who adorn him with a Santa hat and red scarf each holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Murdo has also sparked a friendly rivalry on Capitol Hill. In 2023, he was named the largest bison head in a Senate office, beating out competition from senators including Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE).<\/p>\n<p>Murdo, provided by taxidermy artist Gary English of Rapid City, South Dakota, was a 10-year-old bull weighing around 2,000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>He was overwhelmingly chosen as &ldquo;Murdo&rdquo; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeaderJohnThune\/status\/1138179793537708033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">public vote<\/a> on Thune&rsquo;s Twitter account after staff narrowed down the list of possible names to Newman (Thune is an avid <em>Seinfeld<\/em> fan), Monty Bison, and Doc Holliday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate Majority Leader John Thune&rsquo;s (R-SD) new Senate office includes two working fireplaces and a view of the National Mall. 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