Babydog: Difference between revisions

'''Babydog''', full name '''Babydog Justice''',<ref name="e571">{{cite web | last=Heim | first=Madeline | title=Who is Babydog Justice, the dog onstage at RNC in Milwaukee | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee and Wisconsin breaking news and investigations | date=2024-07-17 | url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/07/17/who-is-babydog-justice-the-dog-onstage-at-rnc-in-milwaukee/74438406007/ | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref><ref name="t924">{{cite web | last=Baxter | first=Holly | title=Babydog Justice appears on RNC speaker schedule, in surprise twist | website=The Independent | date=2024-07-16 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/babydog-justice-rnc-speaker-governor-b2580848.html | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref> is an [[English bulldog]] owned by [[Governor of West Virginia]] [[Jim Justice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/06/27/babydog-unleashed-inside-the-weird-world-of-the-most-powerful-pooch-in-politics/|title=Babydog: WV Gov. Jim Justice’s Secret Canine Weapon|date=June 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/jim-justice-senate-governor-west-virginia.html|title=‘Big Jim’ and Babydog Go to Washington?|first=Campbell|last=Robertson|date=October 15, 2023|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> Described by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' as a "fixture in West Virginia politics", she is known for regularly accompanying Justice at public engagements.<ref name="c698">{{cite web | last=Suliman | first=Adela | title=Meet Babydog, the 60-pound bulldog who stole the show at RNC convention | website=Washington Post | date=2024-07-17 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/17/babydog-rnc-convention-jim-justice-west-virginia/ | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref>

 

Babydog was a gift to Jim Justice from his children in 2019. According to Justice, she got her name as a [[puppy]] after Justice would ask "where did that baby dog go?", and the name stuck.<ref name="d564">{{cite web | last=Campbell | first=Colin | title=Who is Babydog? W.Va. Gov. Justice brings his canine sidekick to the RNC stage. | website=Yahoo News | date=2024-07-17 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/who-is-babydog-wva-gov-justice-brings-his-canine-sidekick-to-the-rnc-stage-004406143.html | access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref> Justice has described Babydog as a "little rascal who looks like a brown watermelon that loves everybody".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Susa |first=Maggie |date=2022-10-28 |title=Happy birthday, Babydog! Governor's pet celebrates turning 3 this week |url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/_zapp/happy-birthday-babydog-governors-pet-celebrates-turning-3-this-week/article_7282a20d-b166-59cd-bc5e-aa38fab736e6.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Herald-Dispatch |language=en}}</ref>

 

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