Viral Videos Share with X It has been reported that 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance has admitted to owning a “rented dog.”
Oh my goodness: How strange #1: Source I have a “rental dog”.
How strange #2: Source He acknowledges that this is a “rented dog” and that the dog is “…to make it seem like I'm a dog lover…” pic.twitter.com/zdpFu4IB4w
— American Muckrakers (@AmericanMuck) September 21, 2024
Verdict: False
This claim is false. Vance has not admitted to having a “rented dog” and was merely responding to a false rumor in a recent interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Additionally, a spokesperson for Vance denied the validity of this claim in a call with Check Your Fact.
Fact check:
According to local reports, Vance is scheduled to attend a “Get Out the Vote” rally in Georgia on September 26th. FOX 5 AtlantaAccording to the media, Vance is scheduled to speak during the event.
The X video, which has been viewed over 900,000 times as of this writing, purports to show Vance admitting to having a “rented dog.” In the video, Vance is seen sitting down for an interview with Carlson. A German shepherd joins the pair, and Vance appears to say, “He's actually a 'rented dog' that I got for the campaign to let me pretend to be a dog lover.”
This claim is false. Original Video According to excerpts of the interview shared on Carlson's verified YouTube channel, Vance was not admitting to having a “rented dog,” but rather was responding to a false rumor.
The interview begins with Carlson asking Vance about the state of the 2024 presidential election, but the conversation is interrupted by Vance's German shepherd, Atlas.
“This is Atlas. I found out a few weeks ago on the internet that he was actually a 'rental dog' given to me by the campaign to make it seem like I was a dog lover,” Vance said of the hoax. “It really makes me laugh when I hear left-wing people say, 'That's not his dog,' of course. We got Atlas when he was just a puppy, about eight weeks old,” Vance added.
Similarly, Atlas made his 2024 presidential campaign debut during a stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August 2024. Fox News. New York Post That same month, an exclusive public look at Vance's 10-month-old puppy, Atlas, was published, including photos of the German shepherd boarding a campaign flight and being held by Vance's wife, Usha.
moreover, There is no reliable news coverage On September 22, Atlas suggested that he was Vance's “rented dog.” PolitiFact It reported that the allegations were false.
The false rumors surrounding Atlas may be related to an article published in August 2024. Jezebelclaimed that the way Vance was holding the dog's lead made it appear he had “never met, let alone walked” the dog. (Related: Did J.D. Vance Track Trump Assassinations Through Social Media?)
Additionally, a spokesperson for Vance denied the validity of the allegations in a call with Check Your Facts.
“Senator Vance got Atlas a puppy in January, before the 2024 campaign began,” the spokesperson said.
