“I loved my dog, and my dog loved me.”
During his presidential campaign, the outgoing senator defended his decision to strap his dog’s kennel to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip to Canada in 1983, despite the Irish setter suffering from diarrhea.
“This is a completely airtight kennel and mounted on the top of our car,” Romney told Fox News at the time. “He climbed up there regularly, enjoyed himself. He was in a kennel at home, a great deal of time as well. We loved the dog. It was where he was comfortable, and we had five kids inside the car.”
During his presidential campaign, the outgoing senator defended his decision to strap his dog’s kennel to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip to Canada in 1983, despite the Irish setter suffering from diarrhea.
“This is a completely airtight kennel and mounted on the top of our car,” Romney told Fox News at the time. “He climbed up there regularly, enjoyed himself. He was in a kennel at home, a great deal of time as well. We loved the dog. It was where he was comfortable, and we had five kids inside the car.”
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