Major And Champ are saying it's Winston. . .

[Stargleamer]

Link to tweet

[3catwoman3]

1. Has he already been chosen? What a beautiful...

...boy. His fur is so shiny.

[Thekaspervote]

2. The Bidens are gonna need a cat when they move to the WH. Get rid of any remaining rats!!

[jmowreader]

84. A cat won't be able to deal with the rats in the White House

For that, I recommend wolves, coyotes, black bears, bobcats and panthers.

You do realize how much the kids would love President Biden if he adopted a bear?

[RGinNJ]

3. We adopted twin black fur balls and yes the shelter says black cats do not get forever homes very

often.

[Doreen]

4. Is that a picture of Winston?

[young_at_heart]

5. My daughter has a black, shelter kitty

She was told that black cats are seldom adopted. Her sweet boy looks like a miniature, beautiful black panther!

[trueblue2007]

52. Our Rescue cat INKY, Princess White Whisker agrees with the choice of the lovely 1st cat

[hamsterjill]

70. This is true.

Black cats and black dogs are most often the ones overlooked. But there’s been an awareness campaign that is hopefully tackling that stigma.

I love Joe and Jill even more for this!!!!

[hamsterjill]

72. This is true.

Black cats and black dogs are most often the ones overlooked. But there’s been an awareness campaign that is hopefully tackling that stigma.

I love Joe and Jill even more for this!!!!

[Polly Hennessey]

6. I had a black cat named India.

She was beautiful and a rescue. I also had a black cat named Smoky Joe. He was independent and aloof. They were both perfect. Adopt a black cat. You won’t regret it.

[sfstaxprep]

7. WH Goes From Zero Pets To 3 Pets! nt

[lame54]

16. You're not counting Pence?

[magicarpet]

22. Pence,.... ? Oh yes,.. he was trDumpie's lap dog.

[soldierant]

25. Barr was his attack dog too.

[wnylib]

60. Don't forget the pet turtle.

[Raine]

89. The Pence's have a pet bunny named Bundo

they take Bundo with them. Trump doesn't like the bunny and thinks its lower-class to be bringing it along but Pence brings Bundo anyway, haha!

[blm]

37. Lindsey Graham was a loyal pet.

[Volaris]

58. No, lindsey was trumps ass remorah. Not exactly a 'pet', to my mind.

[ellie]

8. House Panther!

I had a cat named Winston, he was a pale orange tabby. He was my Good Boy Winston.

[Grammy23]

9. We had a black kitty named Mama Sita. My mother was having her car repaired in 1964

and the doors were left open. A tiny black kitten jumped in and the shop owner asked my mom if she wanted the kitty. She said yes and we had her until 1979. She was sleek and petite, a delicate girl. I still miss her. She was a beauty. No one should be afraid or superstitious about black cats. They are gorgeous. Mama Sita had beautiful green eyes and a tiny white spot on her chest.

[GoCubsGo]

10. OMG! A parlor panther!!!

May more people take Winston's and Champ's and Major's advice when it comes to black pet adoptions. Black cats rule!

I miss my black cat.

[Disaffected]

11. Good grief,

is the silly superstition about black cats still a factor in adoptions? What about broken mirrors and spilled salt??

[GopherGal]

14. I wondered that too

Then I read somewhere that part of the issue is that they don't photograph as well.

[csziggy]

28. Tell that to Owl Kitty!

[Ms. Toad]

36. They don't.

The uniform black isn't friendly to cameras. See Inky. I finally got a picture I like (the face picture) - the lighting was right to get enough variation to show his features. But the sink picture is more typical - it's cute because he's in the sink - but is hard to distinguish one part of his body from another.

[Disaffected]

48. A fine reason not to adopt a pet alright.

Cat is probably better off with someone else...

[spooky3]

56. As someone who has fostered for many years, I can say "yes."

There are people with these views.

[Hekate]

59. Black dogs & cats tend to not be as visible when caged. Some shelters put bandanas on the dogs...

...to give them a pop of color and stand out. Cats are less tolerant of neckware, so I don’t know what the shelter can do about that. I have no idea if superstition plays a part or not in adoption rates.

I was warned at one point to be sure to bring in our black kitty overnight on Halloween — because there are a few human monsters in this world.

[wnylib]

63. I embraced the superstition with

a bit of humor when I named my solid black shelter cat Merlin. He was an indoor cat, but was also an escape artist who slipped out to explore whenever he could. For his own protection I made sure he was safely kept away from doors and windows around Halloween.

Merlin was quite a character who did not like being held or snuggled. He loved being an independent, mischief making bad boy by day. But, I often sleep on my stomach and would wake up in the morning to find that he had curled up on the middle of my back so quietly while I slept that I never noticed until waking up.

[japple]

61. It's not just black cats. Black dogs, too, are often overlooked by potential adopters at

animal shelters.

[StarryNite]

12. Beautiful kitty!

Black Dog Syndrome and Black Cat Syndrome. Personally, I've always favored black dogs and cats even though I love all colors.

[procon]

13. I miss each and every one of my black kitties.

First was Rasputin, named for his horribly matted fur on his first day when he ran into the house and went from being feral to a pampered house cat. He lived to be 17.

Then we adopted Cash, from the singer by the same name known as the Man in Black. He was the most mellow fellow. He crossed the rainbow Bridge in his sleep at age 13.

The last black cat was adopted from a box of kittens outside a grocery store. We named her Pepper, she had stray white hairs mixed randomly throughout her short coat. She developed cancer and we let her go in peace when she was only 8.

No black cats since, but by coincidence we have two unrelated lynx marked cats that don't purr. I miss purring. I don't know why these two can't purr, but there's not even a vibration. They will be our last pets.

[kimbutgar]

15. I had a feral black cat my husband brought home from the airport

We named him panther. I tried to make him a house cat but he wouldn’t have none of it. I would go on my back deck call his name and by time I got to my front door he’d be walking up the street. He liked to hang around walking between my legs when I cooked dinner at night. Then he stopped eating and didn’t want to go out and died days later. I had him for two years. I think he was poisoned by this vindictive neighbor I had. But I grew to love that little black cat. A few days after he died I swear I could feel him walking between my legs when I cooked dinner.

Welcome Winston Biden!

[Skittles]

90. sweet story

and omg your husband, *swoon*

[nsd]

17. Is it true that black cats don't get adopted?

Superstition aside, they're cool looking. I would have thought they'd be sought out.

[Brother Buzz]

19. Black cats get adopted, but curiously, legitimate adoption agencies refuse....

adoptions of black cats around Halloween.

[nsd]

24. I can kinda understand making an exception for Halloween.

Sift out the people who are adopting for the wrong reasons and won't be good parents long term.

[soldierant]

27. I don't think that's curious at all.

There are some very sick people out there, and legitimate agencies know it.

[Brother Buzz]

44. Yes, and legitimate agencies already have policies dealing with black cats year round

I understand there's a quiet screening process, albeit subjective, dealing with black cats. Black cats, kinda, get special handling, and that's a good thing.

[Ms. Toad]

31. I"m not fond of black cats.

They all look alike to me. But one owns me. Meet Inky.

[PatrickforO]

18. Precious little sweetheart! Little Winston!

We have two tuxedos, a Siamese and a Tortie, all rescues, and they have enriched our lives beyond measure. We love our cats!

And...while I do like dogs, I am definitely a CAT person, and so rejoice there will be a First Cat!

[mgardener]

20. We have had black cats

For over 30 years
4 of them.

[housecat]

21. Wiz and Mojo

Yes Wiz and Mojo came from a shelter, shared love, and are in cat heaven. Spooky and Toon, also gone, were feral friends. I need another black cat.

[niyad]

30. Welcome to our DU family. As you can see, many of us are owned by our four-legged overlords.

[blm]

42. ✔️✔️

[housecat]

43. Thank you

Indeed. Yes, I've never been owned by a cat I didn't like

[niyad]

77. Be sure to check out Sunday LOLCATS tomorrow in the Lounge. Perfect way to start the week!

[MustLoveBeagles]

86. Welcome to DU

[DinahMoeHum]

23. Winston. . .anything to do with Churchill, perhaps?

. . .a historical cat lover in his own right.


Can't wait for his own Twitter account!

[tavernier]

71. My daughter has a dog named Winston. For Harry.

Daughter loves jewelry and thought Harry Winston was a perfect name.

Plus it’s a little Yorkie-Minpoo with his own rhinestone collar.

[liberalla]

26. Winston is beautiful with his glossy black coat!

So glad the felines are being represented!

*However*

Now we have an imbalance. Too much male energy.
We need a girl kitty to join Winston!

[Ms. Toad]

29. Winston, meet Inky

He is a (formerly) feral cat who lost his cat family in a car accident. Someone who lived on the road trapped him, gave him to someone else who said they wanted him - but they changed their mind. Our vet's husband said, "My wife will take him!" He does not have good sense about his wife's emotional needs - which, at that point, was not to yet another stray cat dumped on her vet clinic. My spouse wandered in (she does that occasionally just to chat) - and our vet pawned him off on us, since my spouse melted when he looked just like her childhood cat - named Inky.

(Unfortunately, the new Inky does not like my spouse. She does not read cat-speak well - she means to be kind to him, and really wants him to be her cat. But his preference is to be petted much more gently and slowly than she pets him. He tolerates our daughter. He adores me. So I guess I belong to this black cat. All of the 8 cats who've owned us over the 39+ years of our marriage have been rescue cats.)

[niyad]

32. My goodness, what a gorgeous little being.

[housecat]

45. Black beauty

Wow your beauty Inky looks exactly like our Mojo.

[pazzyanne]

62. Love his green eyes!

I have 4 black, semi-feral cats that I feed and take care of. Two of the kittens have those bright green irridescent eyes. The Mom cat (BG) has green eyes, but not as bright as her kittens. I presently have 9 semi-ferals wintering in my garage. There is a large insulated dog house in there that they love. I have been trying to live trap the mom, but she avoids the trap completely. I really want to have her spayed. She has been wintering with me for 5 years.

[demmiblue]

33. I keep getting that 403 message when trying to respond!

[demmiblue]

35. That is a fan account; I haven't seen this discussed anywhere else.

[Stargleamer]

50. Oops - my mistake!

Got fooled by a fan account. Sorry everyone.

[niyad]

34. Greetings, Winston! What a gorgeous boy. You look like my little rescue, down to the white hairs on

your chest. Lady Bast smiles on all of us with approval.

[csziggy]

38. Winston looks a lot like my Sabra!

Sabra's eyes are golder.

Sabra was adopted from the local Humane Society. Aside from the black cat stigma, she was very traumatized. AS a kitten she was rescued from a wheel well - I don't know the full story - that's what they had on the Humane Society site. She was adopted but then returned. The people didn't even tell the Humane Society why, they just stuffed her in a box and left her at the door. Whatever happened to her, she was severely traumatized. She was at their cat cafe but would not come from under the furniture.

I read her story and liked her looks so I brought her home to be a friend to the other cat we had adopted from the Humane Society, Maya. Maya was not afraid, just aloof and would not let people pet her.

Sabra spent the first three weeks here under the bed. We never saw her, except for a tail retreating, but she was eating, drinking, and pooping so we knew she was OK. With a lot of patience she is finally coming out into the rest of the house. She loves the screen porch (our catio) and plays with the other two kitties, Maya and Lucas.

The three kitties: http://woodswell.com/wp/2020/11/03/finally-pictures-of-all-three-cats/

[Shrike47]

40. Beautiful crew.

[csziggy]

47. Thanks - all adoptees

Maya and Sabra from the Humane Society, Lucas from a friend whose daughter had adopted him from an animal shelter.

[niyad]

75. Oh my goodness. Such gorgeous little beings. You are very lucky that they chose you.

[csziggy]

78. They are so much fun, too!

While only Lucas is very affectionate, they all seem to enjoy living with us. Maya is independent but will hang around close to me. She doesn't like petting, but will deign to allow me to give her some scritches. Sabra is coming around but she is still easily spooked.

We are very lucky they are in our lives.

[Shrike47]

39. We have beautiful black cat adopted from the local shelter, named Huli. He is a joy.

[LudwigPastorius]

41. Cuffy....

doing what he does best.

[niyad]

81. Supervising us bipedal is hard work!

[LudwigPastorius]

83. True.

He's got to stay on top of the help.

Dinner was 3 minutes late yesterday, and skritches are, so far, down 15% over last week!

[niyad]

91. So hard to get good help these days!

[TomDaisy]

46. We adopted 2 black shelter kitties - brothers! They are wonderful good magic!

We love them!

[niyad]

76. Welcome to our DU family, owned by the furries.

Be sure to check out Sunday LOLCATS tomorrow in the Lounge. A perfect way to start the week!

[TomDaisy]

80. thanks!

[MustLoveBeagles]

87. Welcome to DU

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

49. I don't happen to personally be fond of black cats

and have never owned one. However, all my cats have been rescues of some kind. Shelter, from the vet, even one who showed up in our front yard and didn't leave. Love them all.

I encourage people to adopt from a shelter, and give serious thought to an older animal. You won't regret it.

[Disaffected]

51. And I fully expect

Winston will be top dog (which is usually the case in my experience at least).

[griffi94]

53. I have a black cat named Winston.

Mine is a female. Ms. Griffi named her.

How cool is that?

[Boomerproud]

64. I had a tuxedo named Winston back in the '80s.

He was long haired and beautiful. I named him after John Lennon's middle name.

[Fla Dem]

54. I love Black cats. My first cat was Black, loved him to bits.

[flibbitygiblets]

55. Black lives matter (cats included!)

I lost my shelter baby to CKD last December. Miss you, Salem

[Ms. Toad]

79. Could be Inky's twin. n/t

[niyad]

82. Could be a twin to my baby. May Lady Bast send you peace and comfort!

[tblue37]

57. He looks like Tico, my house panther!

[Meowmee]

65. There will be a whitehouse cat?

I am so happy to hear this news😻 Winston is gorgeous❤️🐾 He reminds me of my Wizard an all black cat I rescued from outside, he was my sweet soulmate and slept with me every night of his life. Sweetest boy ever.

Thanks so much for adopting Winston and helping black cats and dogs here and around the world.❤️❤️

[Danmel]

66. I love this so much

It is going to be so wonderful to have a normal First Family.

[russiamommy]

67. Awe. ❤️

We have a black shelter cat. He’s an “interesting” creature. Most curious cat I’ve ever met - gets into EVERYTHING. When we first got him we named him “Shadow”. His name quickly changed to “PIA”. Eight years later he’s still a PIA but we love him. ❤️🐈

[shanti]

68. And what a handsome boy he is!

It's going to be great to have animal lovers in the WH again!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

69. Pretty much every cat I have had growing

Up was a black cat.

Only 7 cats I have had
In my life were other colors.

Bear was white
Sparkle was lavender lynxpoint
Huzza was pink(he was really a pink cat with grey stripes) and his brother a paradactal who was red tabby and white.
Bigfoot brown tabby
Rustle a cream tabby
And Othello is black and white.

I have had too many black cats in my life to write out all thier names here but I adore every cat I had the privilege to know. And all were rescues.

Except one, she was the sweetest black cat named Frika. Stole her from abusive owners that left human teeth mark scars all over her precious ears. She had kidney damage and had seizures because of the damage the abuse those terrible people did to her.

[bdamomma]

73. cute kitty

but I'm rather partial to tabbies. Sorry Winston.

[highplainsdem]

74. Beautiful cat. I haven't been able to verify that the tweet is from an official account for

the Bidens, but the Instagram post that copies from first_dogs_usa was posted 2 days ago, according to Instagram, which beats the exclusive news CBS broke last night, when I posted about it here:

https://democraticunderground.com/100214630647


Instagram post matching that tweet:


https://www.instagram.com/p/CIExgL9ANos/

[Raine]

85. Aw that is soooooo sweet! ❤ 🥰

I love Winston and his message!

[MustLoveBeagles]

88. What a gorgeous kitty

He's going to give Champ and Major a run for their money. My grandpa had two black kitties. Spooky was sweetheart that lived well into his twenties. Button was a feral that like grandpa and hated everyone else. He also had a Siamese named Sumi.

I loved all the cat photos in this thread.

[ThoughtCriminal]

92. The Confirmation Hearings are going to be a battle

We may have to have an Acting First Cat if we don't get those seats in the Georgia runoffs.