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The Bidens White House cat should be the first of many new pets
Major and Champ are getting a feline friend. But why stop there?
Imagine if the Bidens bought a pony, like the Kennedy family also made room for a pony, Macaroni, seen here outside of the Oval Office in 1962PhotoQuest / Getty Images file
April 30, 2021, 8:36 PM UTC
The White House is launching a new diversity initiative: After almost 12 years, a kitty cat will finally stalk the halls of the Executive Mansion once more.
First lady Jill Biden told NBC s TODAY show co-anchor Craig Melvin that the yet-to-be-named feline appointment to the White House staff is “waiting in the wings.” (President Joe Biden made clear during the interview that the hire was not his choice, but, well, the things we do for love.) The cat will join the Bidens dogs, Champ and Major, who’ve been at the White House since January despite some periods of ruff (sorry) adjustment.
After four long years, we finally have a new president and, more importantly, new presidential pets. Usually the thrill of pets arriving at the White House is tempered by the sting of old presidential pets leaving the White House, but this year is different: Donald Trump is the first president in more than 100 years not to have a pet of any kind, so we can say goodbye to his rotten administration without stray sympathy for any blameless dogs, cats, or possums getting evicted alongside their captors.
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This also means that the incoming presidential pets the Bidens have two German shepherds and a cat, the former two of which arrived to the White House this week to great fanfare won’t be able to rely on the outgoing presidential pets for advice or support during the transfer of power. So to help the new national mascots find their footing, Slate has decided to break what many regard as the most important commandment in journalism (“all presidential pets are equally goo