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A former military K9 handler, tasked with protecting Hillary Clinton overseas while she was U.S. secretary of state, is now caught up in the dog-eat-dog world of politics after posting his opinion of the Democratic nominee for president on Facebook.
“It has nothing to do with her views,”
Eric Bonner wrote. “It really doesn’t even matter about all the laws she broke.
“It’s because she actually talked to me once. Almost a sentence,” he said.
In Bonner’s original Facebook post on July 28, he describes how Clinton once flew into a blind rage, berating him and her security detail over his canine partner, and yelling at him to “get that f—ing dog away from me.”
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The Facebook post has since gone viral with more than 200,000 shares as of Wednesday.
“Being a K9 handler in the Military I got to do a few details involving Distinguished Visitors. Mostly Generals, DOD Officials, and Secretaries of Defense,” Bonner explained.
He then went on to describe what happened during his encounter with Clinton.
“One of my Last details was for Hillary when she was Secretary of State. She was in Turkey for whatever reason. I helped with sweeps of her DV Quarters and staff vehicles. Her words to me? “Get that F—ing dog away from me. Then she turns to her Security Detail and berates them up and down about why that animal was in her quarters. For the next 20 minutes while I sit there waiting to be released she lays into her detail, slamming the door in their faces when she’s done. The Detail lead walks over apologizes and releases me. I apologize to him for getting him in trouble. His words “Happens every day, Brother.”
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Hillary Clinton
Bonner said his encounter with Clinton was so disturbing, it convinced him he could not vote for her. He also said he doesn’t plan to vote for Donald Trump and that he doesn’t support “any candidate for president.”
“Hillary doesn’t care about anyone but Hillary,” he concluded.
Subsequently, Bonner stated his account was temporarily suspended after the post went viral until he could provide identification to Facebook.
On Saturday, July 30, Bonner posted the following:
Strange Morning……
I went to bed last night thinking things calmed down. I was at 5600ish shares when my head hit the pillow. I woke up at 6 am with about 8200 shares, which was far less a pace considering I slept 6 hours. Just looked, 11K Shares. More on that in a few…..
My Facebook message inbox was full of messages of praise and support. Regular people thanking me for my service. People offering a lot of beer, and a few good meals. There were also fellow handlers past and present telling similar stories to mine. I did receive one negative message calling me a liar and asking why I’d make a story like that up. To those strangers that offered up messages of support I want you to know I really appreciate it.
I jumped in the shower a short time later. When I got out I had a message from a good friend asking what happened to my account. He couldn’t Facebook Message me or see anything I had posted…. EVER. I opened Facebook to find my account had been suspended. Why? My name.
About a year ago, out of an abundance of caution due to what I did for a living, I changed how my name was displayed on Facebook. While no specific threats were made, there were plenty of general threats that I had a hard time ignoring. I would be devastated if harm came to my family or friends because of my chosen profession.
Facebook suspended my account until my name could be Verified. The timing of it was interesting. They wanted me to provide government ID. Which ultimately I did not end up providing. End Result? As you can see my profile is back up and running. However, I feel like this won’t be the end of this type of “Contact.”
Finally, I’d like to speak to my motivations two nights ago. I posted that Hillary encounter while watching her speech at the DNC. I was typing as she spoke. I was simply telling a story I have told a hundred times. Never did I think I would reach this level of popularity. Let me reiterate from earlier posts…. I do not support any candidate for President. I can’t envision any candidate doing the job at the level that the American people deserve. I’m still waiting for a Candidate to earn my vote. This regrettably may not happen in 2016.
TL;DR My post went kinda sorta viral, Facebook suspended my account because I had a funky name, I don’t support a Presidential candidate.
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