It was a uncommon second of true bi-pawtisanship within the Senate.
Babydog the English bulldog appeared at a Senate Power Committee listening to Thursday in a lighthearted second that introduced smiles throughout the aisle.
The beloved pooch of Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va) even had her “testimony” admitted to the Congressional File “with out objection” after the Mountain State Republican held her aloft on the microphone to ship a unifying message as her proxy.
“This little rascal has executed one thing that I believe is actually essential to all of us. All of us on this committee … all of us throughout this metropolis. She humanizes us,” Justice mentioned as Babydog panted into the microphone seemingly in approval, her wrinkled forehead and the stoic expression on her jowly visage punctuating the junior senator’s phrases.
“I didn’t intend in any approach to be hauling a bulldog round. No method on Earth. We by no means owned a bulldog earlier than. She’s not supposed to love all people, however she does. And with that being mentioned, how can a message be any higher?” he continued.
“She would say simply this: When you’re wealthy or poor, or a child or an grownup, or, God forbid a Republican or a Democrat, she nonetheless loves you,” he mentioned on her behalf.
“Thanks, Senator Justice, Babydog’s testimony shall be admitted into the file with out objection,” mentioned committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), drawing laughs from the viewers.
Babydog, 5, whom Justice has tongue-in-cheek anointed the “one hundred and first senator,” has turn out to be one thing of an unofficial Capitol Hill mascot in current weeks, showing at a handful of committee hearings and even on the Senate flooring.
She rose to fame after an look on the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference. Her X web page, which chronicles her exploits round West Virginia as she tags together with Justice — together with a current go to to a southern area of the state devastated by flooding — has greater than 10,000 followers.
Justice has described Babydog as “a bit rascal who seems to be like a brown watermelon that loves all people.” In accordance with her Wikipedia web page, she loves hen nuggets from Wendy’s and hates celery.
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