Mitt Romney dog incident

Mitt Romney dog incident
	The Romneys' Irish Setter, Seamus
Date	June 1983
Location	Romneys' station wagon en route from Belmont, Massachusetts to Beach O'Pines, Ontario
First reporter	Reported by Neil Swidey in The Boston Globe in June 2007
Participants	Mitt Romney; his wife, Ann Romney; their children; Seamus, the Romneys' pet dog ;

During a 1983 family vacation, American businessman and future politician Mitt Romney drove 12 hours with his dog on top of the car in a windshield-equipped carrier.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] This incident became the subject of negative media attention and political attacks on Romney in both the 2008 and the 2012 presidential elections.

^ ^a ^b Swidey, Neil; Ebbert, Stephanie (June 27, 2007). "Journeys of a shared life". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference Snopes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Parker, Jennifer (June 28, 2007). "Romney strapped dog to car roof". ABC News. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
^ Moos, Jeanne (January 13, 2012). "Mitt Romney 'dog-on-the-roof' story appears in Newt Gingrich ad". KSDK News (St. Louis). Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2012.

[original-1] Swidey, Neil; Ebbert, Stephanie (June 27, 2007). "Journeys of a shared life". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 20, 2012.

[Snopes-2] Cite error: The named reference Snopes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Parker, Jennifer (June 28, 2007). "Romney strapped dog to car roof". ABC News. Retrieved September 20, 2012.

[4] Moos, Jeanne (January 13, 2012). "Mitt Romney 'dog-on-the-roof' story appears in Newt Gingrich ad". KSDK News (St. Louis). Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2012.

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