{"id":694107,"date":"2021-08-28T17:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T21:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=694107"},"modified":"2021-08-28T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T21:50:48","slug":"joe-biden-seems-to-make-false-statements-about-number-severity-of-white-house-dog-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-seems-to-make-false-statements-about-number-severity-of-white-house-dog-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Seems To Make False Statements About Number, Severity Of White House Dog Bites"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fjoe-biden-seems-to-make-false-statements-about-number-severity-of-white-house-dog-bites%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=694107&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\/08\/5C087D65-E1E2-4B49-9C19-D6A77FE89854-scaled-e1630179598272.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Newly uncovered emails show that President Joe Biden appeared to make false statements downplaying the severity of the injuries that his three-year-old German Shepherd, Major, inflicted on a Secret Service agent. The president and other members of his administration, including White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, also appear to have made false statements to reporters about the number of times the dog bit people, including a visitor to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say the gap in White House communications on this relatively minor issue indicates a deeper lack of honesty by administration officials, including the president.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous media outlets, including The Daily Wire, reported that Major had engaged in aggressive behavior and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-defends-his-dog-after-biting-incident\">bit someone<\/a> in early March. The day after what was believed to be a single incident, Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/03\/09\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-deputy-director-of-the-national-economic-council-bharat-ramamurti-march-9-2021\/\">announced<\/a> that the Bidens were sending Major and their late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-dog-champ-dies\">13-year-old dog, Champ<\/a>, on a \u201cpreviously planned\u201d trip to one of their homes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-confirms-incident-with-bidens-dog-say-he-was-surprised-by-an-unfamiliar-person\">Wilmington<\/a>, where the dogs would be cared for by family friends.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden proceeded to spread apparent falsehoods about the nature of the dog bite on the March 16 episode of \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d hosted by George Stephanopoulos. \u201cMajor did not bite someone and penetrate the skin,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pmWhEJavsxk&amp;t=240s\">said<\/a> President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>But an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JW-v-DH-Biden-dogs-August-2021-01194.pdf\">email<\/a> from a Secret Service official dated March 5 reveals that, after Major bit a visitor entering the White House, the bite \u201c[d]id break the skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three days later, Major bit a Secret Service agent whose name is redacted. \u201cThat bite caused bruising <em>and puncture to the skin<\/em> as seen in the picture dated 3.8.21,\u201d said the email. (Emphasis added.)<\/p>\n<p>Far from an isolated event, the same agent had been bitten one week earlier. The March 1 \u201cbite caused some bruising,\u201d noted the email, which <a href=\"https:\/\/judicialwatch.org\/\">Judicial Watch<\/a> obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the current rate an Agent or Officer has been bitten every day this week (3\/1-3\/8) causing damage to attire or bruising\/punctures to the skin,\u201d the March 8 email concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Another Secret Service agent narrowly avoided a serious bite from Major on March 6. The dog \u201cdidn\u2019t make contact with agent\u2019s skin, but did bite a hole through his overcoat,\u201d said the email.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Joe Biden discusses what&#039;s next on his legislative agenda l GMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmWhEJavsxk?start=240&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The emails also show that President Biden muddied the water about the reason Major was removed from the White House, telling ABC that the removal had nothing to do with the allegedly lone biting incident.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-defends-his-dog-after-biting-incident\">told<\/a> George Stephanopoulos in March.<\/p>\n<p>But in an email dated March 6, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/meet-korean-american-leading-president-175620736.html\">head<\/a> of the Presidential Protective Division, David Cho, recommended Major be sent to a trainer who is \u201cvery good at training canines. He did it for Obama, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the biting incident on March 8, one Secret Service agent asked another, \u201cIf you know\u2026.Were the dogs sent home because of the biting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty positive,\u201d the other responded.<\/p>\n<p>The emails also show the White House was keenly attuned to media coverage, even for a story as seemingly inconsequential as the first dog\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just received a call from [redacted]. Apparently CNN will be running a story on how a family pet bit two agents, and have now been sent to Delaware,\u201d wrote Cho on the evening of March 8. \u201cOf course the situation is sensitive, and unsure how the information originated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is ridiculous,\u201d replied Kimberly Cheatle, assistant director of the Office of Protective Operations, concerning the CNN coverage.<\/p>\n<p>An email from March 10 showed that White House officials continued to monitor the media\u2019s Major coverage. Then-Secret Service Communications Director Cathy L. Milhoan emailed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/08\/politics\/president-joe-biden-white-house-dogs\/index.html\">link<\/a> to CNN\u2019s story of the dog bite incident (which did not report two bites) to undisclosed recipients.&nbsp;CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/08\/politics\/president-joe-biden-white-house-dogs\/index.html\">reported<\/a> that Major displayed \u201cagitated behavior on multiple occasions, including jumping, barking, and \u2018charging\u2019 at staff and security,\u201d but no media outlet reported any details of additional bites.<\/p>\n<p>Milhoan noted that \u201cNO ONE from CNN has reached out\u201d to her for comment. \u201cCBS has queried. We offered no comment and referred to WH,\u201d she added. Milhoan was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/about\/leadership-and-structure\/fbi-executives\/milhoan\">named<\/a> assistant director of the FBI\u2019s Office of Public Affairs earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>After returning from training, the media widely reported that Major had been involved in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/major-biden-dog-bite-white-house-2b1d3f05f2ed91b611998d7363b1ccae\">second biting incident<\/a> of the month\u201d on March 29. When it was believed to be only the second incident, personal injury attorney&nbsp;Davis Cooper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-known-danger-injury-lawyer-says-major-biden-should-be-isolated-after-second-biting-incident\">told<\/a>&nbsp;Fox News that the Bidens should \u201ckeep that dog completely isolated or away from anyone, because he\u2019s a known danger. I believe it\u2019s their duty to protect people from their dog.\u201d We now know more incidents had preceded this encounter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sure Major is a good dog but these records show he was involved in many more biting incidents than the Biden White House has publicly acknowledged,\u201d said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a statement. \u201cIt is disturbing to see a White House cover-up of numerous injuries to Secret Service and White House personnel by the Bidens\u2019 family pet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York Post reporter Steven Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/08\/27\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-august-27-2021\/\">confronted<\/a> Psaki about the number of reported incidents on Friday. \u201cAt a March 9 briefing, you only described one biting incident to us, and described the dogs as being whisked back to Delaware on a preplanned trip to his family friends,\u201d Nelson told Psaki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, that is not the world\u2019s most important story,\u201d Nelson acknowledged, \u201cbut it is significant, because we expect honest information even for minor stories. So, can you explain to us why there was kind of a misleading account presented to us? And if we can\u2019t get honest information about minor stories, why should we have faith in the administration\u2019s account for larger issues like Afghanistan?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any additional specifics,\u201d replied Psaki, who confirmed Major \u201chas been receiving additional training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics have claimed this follows a pattern of misinformation emanating from the Biden-Harris administration on issues ranging from Major\u2019s biting history to the U.S. military\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>One critic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/08\/24\/biden-afghanistan-evacuation-chaos-506753\">described<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s portrayal of the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan triggered by the president\u2019s precipitous withdrawal of U.S. troops as \u201cthe definition of gaslighting.\u201d To cite but a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i2nwusq_WcM\">denied<\/a> that his generals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/friday-august-20-2021\">advised<\/a> him to keep 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan \u2014 again, to George Stephanopoulos, on the August 18 episode of \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d But Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/04\/14\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-april-14-2021\/\">confirmed<\/a> the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-rebuffed-commanders-advice-in-decision-to-leave-afghanistan-11618696597\">report<\/a> during her April 14 press briefing.<\/li>\n<li>Jen Psaki upbraided Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Monday for saying that Americans have found themselves \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-its-irresponsible-to-claim-americans-are-stranded-in-afghanistan-while-thousands-still-there\">stranded<\/a>\u201d in Afghanistan. An American mother named Fatima, who is based in the war-torn nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/american-mom-stranded-afghanistan-plea-biden-danger-help\">told<\/a> \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d on Tuesday morning, \u201cWe are in danger. We are in danger, Mr. President. Please help us \u2026 [W]e are stranded.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Increasingly, the media have begun to question the administration\u2019s truthfulness on such consequential issues as the safety of Americans caught behind enemy lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president does seem adrift from the facts in a lot of ways right now,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/mark-finkelstein\/2021\/08\/22\/abc-roughs-biden-afghanistan-adrift-facts\">said<\/a> ABC\u2019s Terry Moran on Sunday. After President Biden\u2019s presser on August 20, ABC\u2019s foreign correspondent Ian Pannel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/kyle-drennen\/2021\/08\/20\/abc-blasts-bidens-breathtaking-lies-afghanistan-catastrophe\">said<\/a>, \u201cIt just seems the reality and the rhetoric are miles apart.\u201d And Dallas Morning News columnist Carl P. Leubsdorf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2021\/08\/26\/bidens-credibility-is-on-the-line-as-he-tries-to-put-a-positive-spin-on-afghanistan\/\">wrote<\/a> that \u201cPresident Joe Biden\u2019s effort to put a positive spin on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan risks creating a credibility gap\u201d that extends far beyond Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly uncovered emails show that President Joe Biden appeared to make false statements downplaying the severity of the injuries that his three-year-old German Shepherd, Major, inflicted on a Secret Service &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694107","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\/694107","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=694107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694107\/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=694107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}