{"id":238870,"date":"2021-03-17T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=238870"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:30:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:30:28","slug":"biden-defends-his-dog-after-biting-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-defends-his-dog-after-biting-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Defends His Dog After Biting Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fbiden-defends-his-dog-after-biting-incident%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=238870&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1584.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d President Joe Biden defended his pet after an incident last week occurred involving one of the dogs biting someone before being sent back to the Biden home in Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou turn a corner, and there\u2019s two people you don\u2019t know at all,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd\u2026he moves to protect. But he\u2019s a sweet dog. Eighty-five percent of the people there love him. He just \u2014 all he does is lick them and wag his tail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajor did not bite someone and penetrate the skin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president said that the dog was sent to the Biden\u2019s home in Delaware because he and the first lady were heading out of town and would be away from the White House. However, Biden added that Major is going to be going through some training with their dog trainer in Delaware, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was going home,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI didn\u2019t banish him to home. Jill was going to be away for four days. I was going to be away for two, so we took him home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by George Stephanopoulos if Major was \u201cout of the dog house,\u201d Biden laughed and said that he is a \u201csweet dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9392523364486\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Pres. Biden tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GStephanopoulos<\/a> that his dog, Major, is out of the dog house: \u201cHe\u2019s a sweet dog.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rIe2ms8sSv\">https:\/\/t.co\/rIe2ms8sSv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/50qGUBv0HE\">pic.twitter.com\/50qGUBv0HE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/status\/1372161150037680129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-confirms-incident-with-bidens-dog-say-he-was-surprised-by-an-unfamiliar-person\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported on the incident involving one of the Bidens\u2019 german shepherds.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p><em>\u201c[White House Press Secretary] Psaki said Major and Champ, the other dog, are still getting accustomed and acclimated to their new life at the White House, and that Major, the younger of the two, had been \u201csurprised\u201d by a new face on Monday. \u201cMajor was surprised by an unfamiliar person and reacted in a way that resulted in a minor injury to the individual, which was handled by the White House medical unit with no further treatment needed,\u201d said Psaki.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt had been previously planned already for the dogs to be cared for by family friends in Delaware during Dr. Biden\u2019s travels to military bases this week. She has a three-day trip this week, and the dogs will return to the White House soon,\u201d said Psaki.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-confirms-incident-with-bidens-dog-say-he-was-surprised-by-an-unfamiliar-person\">The Daily Wire\u2019s<\/a> Eric Quintanar reports that Psaki \u201cdeclined to say whether Major had bitten a member of the Secret Service staff. After a reporter requested assurance for the public that Major \u2018would not be euthanized,\u2019 Psaki replied: \u2018Well certainly Major Biden is a member of the family, so I can assure you that.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dogs have previously been a point of interest for the media after Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-says-he-broke-foot-after-exiting-shower-jokingly-running-after-dog-to-grab-his-tail\">fractured his foot<\/a> last November while playing with one of them. Members of the press have also reported on the animals and compared the Bidens\u2019 pet ownership to the Trump family\u2019s lack of animals. In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-dogs-set-paws-white-house-grounds\/story?id=75474587\">ABC News<\/a> reported on the addition of \u201cpaws on White House grounds,\u201d noting that Trump \u201cwas the first president in a century not to have a pet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Major is three years old and was adopted as a rescue in 2018. Champ is around 13 years old. The shelter that put Major up for adoption hosted an \u201cIndoguration\u201d in January in order to honor Major for his new role in the White House. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/01\/13\/956096928\/bidens-german-shepherd-to-be-celebrated-with-indoguration-hosted-by-animal-shelt\">NPR<\/a> reported at the time, \u201cSunday\u2019s \u2018indoguration,\u2019 co-hosted by Pumpkin Pet Insurance, touts Jill Martin of NBC\u2019s Today show along with \u2018notable rescue dogs and their parents.\u2019 Proceeds support the Delaware Humane Association.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d President Joe Biden defended his pet after an incident last week occurred involving one of the dogs biting someone before being sent &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310680,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1584.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Defends His Dog After Biting Incident","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1584.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Defends His Dog After Biting Incident","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238870","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}