The man behind the controversial Project 2025 manifesto previously told colleagues that he had killed a neighborhood dog with a shovel for barking too much, according to a report.
Former colleagues told the Guardian that Kevin Roberts, who is now the president of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, described killing a neighbor’s pit bull around 2004.
Roberts has denied killing the dog.
Kenneth Hammond, who was chair of New Mexico State University history department where Roberts was working at the time, recounted hearing the anecdote from Roberts.
“My recollection of his account was that he was discussing in the hallway with various members of the faculty, including me, that a neighbor’s dog had been barking pretty relentlessly and was, you know, keeping the baby and probably the parents awake and that he kind of lost it and took a shovel and killed the dog. End of problem,” Hammond said.
In a statement to the Guardian, Roberts said: “This is a patently untrue and baseless story backed by zero evidence. In 2004, a neighbor’s chained pit bull attempted to jump a fence into my backyard as I was gardening with my young daughter. Thankfully, the owner arrived in time to restrain the animal before it could get loose and attack us.”
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