CNN reports that President Biden’s younger dog Commander “bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening,” “the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd.”
“Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex,” said Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
CNN notes that “Commander has been involved in at least 11 biting incidents at the White House and in Delaware…including a November 2022 incident where an officer was hospitalized after the dog clamped down on their arms and thighs.”
Elizabeth Alexander, Jill Biden’s communications director, says “the First Family continues to work on ways to help Commander handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds.”
CNN notes that another “of Biden’s dogs, Major, was involved in biting incidents at the White House. In one incident in October, first lady Dr. Jill Biden ‘couldn’t regain control’ of the dog as it charged a member of Secret Service staff.”
“I believe it’s only a matter of time before an agent/officer is attacked or bit,” the staff member warned in an email.
Any private institution that permitted dogs to bite people this often on the premises would be facing fines for occupational-safety violations, or lawsuits.
But the Bidens are apparently above the law.
