There will not be only the first two dogs Major and Champ in Joe Biden’s White House: the president-elect and his wife Jill have also decided to bring a cat with them when they move to the presidential residence next January 20. CBS reports on Twitter. “The Bidens tell us exclusively that a kitten will soon join the two German Shepherds,” said Sunday Morning anchor Jane Pauley.
Biden likes pets, as he had confided to Fox himself in September, and even then said he was considering getting a kitten. Almost all the presidents of the United States have had “first pets” in the years of the White House: by being accompanied by Major and Champ, as well as by the yet unnamed feline, the Bidens will restore in January a centuries-old tradition interrupted in the four years of Donald’s presidency. Trump.
But is that of Joe and Jill also a bipartisan choice, in the hope that the initially difficult coexistence between the two species may be reflected in the thawing of relations on Capitol Hill where the Republicans are waiting for him with their guns? Political interpretations aside, other US presidents have welcomed cats and dogs in the “first home” of the United States: most recently, Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea arrived from Arkansas with the cat Sock, which they then joined the Labrador Buddy. , while in the White House of George W. Bush the most famous terriers Barney and Miss Beazley shadowed the kitten India “Willie” Bush. Among the “cat” presidents, Abraham Lincoln deserves a special mention, who had several, some of them stray, including the famous kittens Tabby and Dixie, a gift from Secretary of State William Seward, who took their place in his heart after the decision to leave the dog Fido in Springfield once elected.
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