Right-Wing Newsmax Host Greg Kelly Went After Biden's Dog - The 11th Hour - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Why did Newsmax's Greg Kelly decide to go after the Bidens' dog? MSNBC's Brian Williams takes a look. Aired on 02/19/2021.

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. What a weirdo. Champ is OLD! N/T

[Aviation Pro]

2. Two rules, two.

Don’t fuck with a President’s kids or his pets.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I know! Just watched the repeat on MSNBC and you could tell this bothered Brian Williams

It's obvious that the Bidens love those dogs - unlike a certain senator who shall not be named.

[Doreen]

4. Greg Kelly is a fucking ass.

Champ looks beautiful. He also looks like a 12 year old German Shepherd. Along with having German Shepherds I was a dog groomer for 11 1/2 years and he looks like he should. If kelly thinks Champ looks a little "disheveled" that is because Champ has that German Shepherd's short hair with a thick undercoat.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Oh, I agree. And 12 is a good age for a German Shepherd.

He's obviously had the best care and is very much loved.

[Doreen]

6. Champ does not look "disheveled" he looks plush.

I just want to reach out and bury my fingers in hair. It looks soft too.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I agree, I'd like to give him a hug.

It's so nice to see dogs back in The White House. I love hearing about the presidential pets.

[NellieStarbuck]

32. I'm going to have to correct Brian here.

I'm pretty sure Champ is not 12, but 14.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. I looked him up, Champ was born in October 2008 and the Bidens got him after they won the election

So that would make him 12 now. And that still is a respectable age for a German Shepherd, he's obviously had good care.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_and_Major#Champ

Champ
Joe Biden promised his wife he would purchase a dog after the 2008 presidential election should Barack Obama manage to win the race.[8] Jill Biden taped different pictures of dogs on seats of Biden's campaign plane for him to see.[9] He purchased the dog as a puppy from a breeder in Pennsylvania, and it was named Champ (born October 2008) by his granddaughters. Champ's name reminded Biden of advice given to him by his father who said, "Any time you get knocked down, champ, get up!"[5][10] Joe Biden has an affinity for German shepherds, having trained them in the past.[9] Biden would give children small plush toys of Champ during his vice presidency.[7]

[ms liberty]

24. Champ looks like he is blowing his coat at the moment

And with that thick double coat, it is almost impossible to keep it looking smooth and brushed anyway. My Sasha had exactly that same kind of coat. Now Major has a beautiful, smooth coat to begin with, but he's going to look a mess when he blows his coat too because that's what happens. His coat is much like my Aria, who is currently blowing her coat in hair chunks all over everything.

[Doreen]

46. Oh yes, the German Shepherds shed.

My Schultz did that too. No matter how much you brushed. My other GSD was a long hair and she did not have an undercoat.

[Delarage]

47. Similar to a wonderful lab I had

The undercoat is for real....every now and then I'd reach a point where I would decided to eradicate all the hair in the house. I brushed her, vacuumed her, bathed her. Vacuumed/dusted the entire house, did laundry. Vacuumed the car.

By the next day, it was as if I had never cleaned the house. Ever.

[madaboutharry]

29. I heard Pres. Biden say Champ is 14.

I think Champ and Major look like they get lots of love.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. I looked them up and Champ was born in October 2008 and Major was born in January 2018

Which would make them 12 and 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_and_Major#Champ

[sprinkleeninow]

8. How petty. This greg is what's dirty... n/t

[TEB]

9. Well we on the left did trash talk trumpigs dogs

Lindsey graham and nunes

[irisblue]

11. TEB,-I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.

going to extend Truman's quote a bit here.

those you mentioned should not be compared to dogs, black mold, maybe. Not dogs

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Trump had human "followers" instead of pets

Dogs are incapable of dishonesty.

[DonaldsRump]

18. Well, dogs may not be so honest until they're caught! Here's proof

(by the way, Shirley and Wead, who are two of the RWNJ "historians" who featured in this story, have ratings on Amazon etc for their books. I plan on writing to expose this piece as one example why no one should trust their research if this is the caliber of what they "research." )

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Oh, look at the poor things!

Yes, my dog will eat cat treats given the chance - but I blame myself for leaving them out where he can get them! Dogs will be dogs - and he doesn't know they're "cat" treats!

[DonaldsRump]

22. Those beautiful emotions are why this world would be a better place if dogs ran it!

Imagine if Snowflake, who apparently is Qanqun Qruz's dog, did a video of Ted, asking him why he abandoned her in a freezing house to go to Mexico. Do you think Ted would have a guilty face?!

[BigmanPigman]

10. Keith Olbermann is pissed off too.

He's a big dog lover....

Quick message to @gregkellyusa @newsmax @CraigSmpa and @DougWead : Fuck You.

This is a 12-year old German Shepherd - a senior dog. And you’re insulting his APPEARANCE?

He’s in better shape than any of you - and smarter than all of you combined.

Link to tweet

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[Rhiannon12866]

14. Great find! Thanks for posting!

And I did know that KO was a real dog lover, he does wonderful work in dog rescue!

[NanceGreggs]

12. If they put Champ in a tan suit ...

... Newsmax could do a five-part series about it.

[spooky3]

15. The emotional maturity of these nobodies is awful.

Everyone with older pets knows you indulge them a bit because you want them to be happy. If they don’t want as much grooming as a young pup, they’ve earned the right to relax.

Not well cared for? You idiots are confusing The Bidens with the cruel and neglectful Cruz family. And probably your own families

[sortasvenska7]

16. The conservatives have nothing of substance to complain about

So they are griping about superfluous things. First they came for Joe and Jill’s relationship, now they are after the first dog. The Republicans andConservative Commentators realize how popular the President’s platform is on both sides of the aisle. I guess I would prefer their inane whining about nothing as a distraction, especially if it means we can get our legislative priorities passed

[judesedit]

20. Exactly what I was thinking. There's no fodder for them to exploit, so they're picking on anything

else they can think of to denigrate. I'm praying they don't have pets. They're so unlovable and uncaring. Poor Snowflake.

[captain queeg]

21. If that's the best they can come up with. SAD

[NBachers]

17. There will probably be a time, during this administration, when Champ has to be put to sleep.

It's a grief-filled time during any dog-lover's life; it's the loving responsibility of every dog-lover when the time comes.

It will be hard on the Bidens; it will be hard on the nation to have to share in Champ's demise.

I know this time will be approached with love, care, and dignity by Joe, Jill, and the First Family.

Leave The President, the First Lady, and the First Dog alone to live out their lives together in peace.

[ms liberty]

25. Yes, almost certain to be less than 2 years, since he's now 14.

I've had and been around GSD'S my whole life, the oldest I've ever had is 14 and I have known one who got to 16.

[riversedge]

26. and good folks will grieve with the Bidens.

[vercetti2021]

23. Don't fuck with dogs

Or else...

[patricia92243]

27. What an ass.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Why: Because the Media went after Ted Cruz for abandoning his dog in a cold

unheated house without supervision. Animal neglect. Go after Ted's dog and we'll go after Biden's dog.

No, not meant to make sense.

[Rhiannon12866]

38. I think you're right, I hadn't considered that.

But in Cruz's case, he was attacked for abandoning his dog, the last thing that the Bidens have ever done. They love and cherish both pets. When he was VP, Biden gave out tiny replicas of Champ to kids.

[thucythucy]

30. FDR had a great response to attacks on his dog:

[Rhiannon12866]

37. This segment started with that famous reply from FDR

When Fala was falsely attacked in the news.

[Fullduplexxx]

31. Is this because the media is making a mention of Cruz's dog , snowflake

[turbinetree]

35. Newsmax should be under a new Fairness Doctrine

[magicguido]

36. Newsmax is bereft of anything; and are so disingenuous they attack a dog

[AirmensMom]

39. Those hacks are so pitiful.

My guess is that most of them have never had a pet that lived much past middle-aged.

Many of our pets now are over 14. The dogs wouldn't win any beauty contests. One of them has some ugly skin tags that the vet doesn't find necessary to risk sedating her to remove. The other one has so much grey on his muzzle, that he almost looks like Ted Cruz.

One of our old cats, now gone, had a hematoma removed from his ear. It left that ear a bit wrinkled looking. In his youth, he was strikingly beautiful. The oldest cat now is close to 18 and looking a bit saggy, even though she runs around like a kitten. Just like people, pets show age when they've lived a very long time. That is no indication that they're not taken care of or dirty or ill-groomed. On the contrary, it's generally a sign of good care when your pets live to be old.

The Bidens clearly love and care for their dogs. But just like Obama's tan suit, when the right wing hacks don't have anything substantive to pick on, they'll manufacture outrage about something else.

[usaf-vet]

40. Biden's dog brings back great memories of our families most loved pet. Brandy!

Genital as any house pet could be. Youngsters would wrestle with him on the floor. We never saw him growl or bare his teeth. His size was enough to afford protection to the kids playing in the yard.

One of my favorite memories was, my dad always took Brandy with him when running errands. Brandy would lay on the back seat out of sight and not heard. Dad was making a late-night run to a drug store for some OTC cold meds. When he pulled up to a drugstore parking space, a handful of teenagers stood in the only available parking spot. My dad rolled down his window and said, hey guys can you move up to the sidewalk. They got defiant and started banging on the hood and circling the car. Dad looked over his shoulder and said, Brandy. Brandy sat up and stuck his nose out the partially open window next to by dads head. The response was immediate. Jesus Christ!!! He's got an attack dog yelled one kid. The "gang" dispersed, tripping and falling over each other to escape the "attack dog". The attack dog was hoping to get his nosed scratched and maybe get a treat!

Brandy was one great pet. He has been gone for years but still remembered.

[MontanaMama]

41. When you're making fun of the President's kids or pets...

You are losing. What a bunch of jerks.

[Rebl2]

49. YEP!

[stopwastingmymoney]

42. Oooh that makes me mad

Champ is almost as old as our beloved GSD Sally was when we had to let her go.

Her face was completely white and she walked a little carefully like Champ does. We still thought she was very beautiful and she was certainly loved and happy. If anyone had dared suggest we weren’t talking care of her, they would have been very sorry after I finished with them.

Those fuckers

ETA, there is something very special about an old dog. We are privileged if we are allowed a long history with them. They become even more loving and sweet. And, you know in the back of your mind that their time is short and they’ll soon be taking your heart with them. So you have to love them even more.

[karin_sj]

43. This pisses me off to no end!

This republican hack is so desperate to attack Biden (who coincidentally is doing fantastic in the polls these days) that he criticizes the appearance of his very elderly German shepherd? We just lost our elderly German shepherd in May and I can tell you that Champ looks great and is in much better shape that most shepherds that reach that advanced age. Plus, look at how faded and blurred Champ (and the background) is in that photo. It's not even a true representation of what he looks like.

It's just disgusting how low these people will go to denigrate a loyal, beautiful, and obviously much loved furry family member of the Bidens.

[Silver1]

44. Brian Williams is very generous ...

but I'm not so sure Champ would "love" Greg Kelly if he met him.

I don't know about other breeds, but my GS always KNEW who to watch out for. And she was always right!

Go get 'im Champ!

[KS Toronado]

45. Qewsmax is scraping the bottom of the barrel

if that's all they got to talk about. What's next, White House staff should use Clorox not Windex on windows?
Oh the HORROR

[soldierant]

48. Even before watching, just reading the headline,

my thought was, "Well, we did say we needed another FDR." Glad Brian had the same thought.

Also glad Keith Olbermann raised a little hell.

[Rebl2]

50. All I have

to say is he needs to look in the mirror. Shocked to see he is only 52-looks way older.

[TeamProg]

51. Joe Biden's choice of Champ Biden to the position of First Dog reeks of NEPOTISM.

Impeach Biden and Harris !