How bad was the incident?
I have been bitten to the point of drawing blood, but I never threw a fit over it.
They only said that the person bitten was a member of security and didn’t say anything about the injury other than “minor injury.”
You aren't a secret service agent (which is what I think all white house security is). That said, these dogs were put in a situation that was/is difficult for them. Jill said in an interview that she wanted them to have free rein of the entire white house, but, unfortunately, that includes a lot of people, strangers to the dogs. Heck, he may have just being trying to "herd" the secret service. Seriously, though, I believe that Major was trained by the same trainer as Champ and don't think he has been mistreated - shepherds just are not wired to be in some situations, and it sounds as if that is one of them.
I've crated my shepherds when a workman or delivery person comes in the house and not because they are mean or unbalanced dogs. It would have been kinder had the WH dogs just had the free rein of the family living quarters perhaps.
Would it have mattered if it was a 4 year old child?
I think you are the first to raise a concern about the person that was bit. I could care less about the dog.
If it was Trump, the story would be how the security person puts their life on the line for Trump and Trump has a deranged dog in the White House. How disrespectful to those valiantly trying to protect Trump everyday.
If, God forbid, the person dies in a car accident tomorrow, with Trump it would have been Trump’s dog killed the security person because the dog bite distracted the driver. With Biden, we will never hear about it.