Fox News host Sean Hannity recently indicated that President Joe Biden’s dog Commander should be put down on Wednesday during an interview with confessed dog killer and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem via Mediaite.
During his interview with Noem as he sparked outrage among Democrats and Republicans alike this week after she confessed to shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket after it proved “less than worthless” as a hunting animal – Hannity said, “I mean, unfortunately, dogs that are violent sometimes have to be put down.”
He added, “Is there a difference which way you put a dog down? I’m not really sure, but I don’t think people understood it. I want to give you a chance to explain.”
Noem replied:
Well, Sean, you know how the fake news works. They leave out some or most of the facts of a story, they put the worst spin on it, and that’s what’s happened in this case. I hope people really do buy this book and they find out the truth of this story because the truth of this story is that this was a working dog and it was not a puppy. It was a dog that was extremely dangerous. It had come to us from a family who found her way too aggressive. We were her second chance and the day she was put down was the day that she massacred livestock that were part of our neighbors, she attacked me, and it was a hard decision.
Hannity then brought up the case of Biden’s dog, who was moved out of the White House last year after he reportedly bit at least 24 people.
“You know, I was shocked when we learned that Joe Biden, and he has a German Shepherd, that when all is said and done, 24 Secret Service agents were bitten by a German Shepherd, by a big dog,” said Hannity:
Initially, we heard, okay, maybe one Secret Service agent, maybe three, and then at one point we read 24? In that particular case, if somebody is biting people in large numbers like that, it’s a sad thing to do but at some point doesn’t it become the responsible thing for the safety of others that you don’t allow a dog at least around anybody else? At the very least?
Noem has faced heavy backlash this week over her dog confession, including from several Fox News analysts who predicted that the controversy would mark the end of Noem’s political career.
