The Biden Dog and Pony Show (Minus the Pony)

An unnecessary aversion to specifics seems to plague White House press briefings, even when it comes to the president’s pets

- BRIAN KAREM

On Tuesday afternoon D.C. went crazy after a White House reporter asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki if the Bidens planned to euthanize their dog Major, a three-year-old German shepherd rescue, after it barked at, bit, nipped and/or growled at a Secret Service agent.

Psaki said there was no serious injury, so I guess there were no puddles of blood in the Oval Office. But some in the press and on social media reacted with more vehemence than if the dog were a president who called the pandemic a hoax. It was almost as if Major were a member of the British royal family accusing someone of racism.

Meanwhile, in actual news, the rats are bailing the GOP’s sinking and rotting ship faster than you can say “stimulus check.”

Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri is the latest to let the world know he can’t stand what the GOP is doing and won’t have any more of it, declaring he won’t run for 2022 reelection. Yet Blunt remains too scared to call out his party for its nonsense— after all, he went along with it for the past four years. Donald Trump sent out a statement, since he can’t tweet anymore, praising Blunt for his service.

With its ongoing defections, the GOP is quickly becoming the party of whacked-out QAnon supporters who have more in common with conspiracy theorists on hallucinogens than anyone else in America. They attack President Joe Biden, his stimulus plan and the First Family’s dogs as if Biden were President Obama wearing a tan suit.