Is Mike Huckabee's Son An Animal Abuser

David Huckabee's mugshot. (Handout)

Recall, when presidential candidate Mike Huckabee starts telling you lot about religion, values and how we shouldn't listen to Beyonce, his son was once fired from a chore for hanging a devious domestic dog.

His child is 34-year-old mortgage broker David Huckabee. It'due south likely his son will play a large role in his father's entrada, similar to the one he played during the onetime Arkansas governor'southward 2008 entrada. On May 5, Mike Huckabee announced his run for the White House in 2016.

Here'due south what you need to know about David:

one. He Lost His Task as a Military camp Counsellor in 1998 When He Hanged a Dog

Huckabee Pressured Cops Not To Prosecute Son's Dog Murder Newsweek'southward Michael Isikoff describes the scandal surrounding Mike Huckabee's son hanging a dog. 2007-12-17T22:01:45.000Z

The last time Mike Huckabee ran for president allegations emerged that David Huckabee had been fired from his job as a camp counsellor for controversial reasons, reported Newsweek.

When David Huckabee was 17, he was found to have hanged and stoned a stray dog at a summer military camp where he worked. Animal rights groups tried to investigate the incident in 2007. He claimed that he euthanized the domestic dog just that doesn't explain why he was fired from his chore for breaking the camp'south mantra of being "kind," reports the Florida Times-Union. The paper also reports that David Huckabee was kicked out of private school for his criminal offense.

Co-ordinate to Newsweek, groups institute that local authorities were denying access to information. Newsweek quotes Arkansas police master John Bailey saying that Governor Huckabee fired him in 1998 with the candidate saying "I've lost confidence in your power to do your job. I couldn't go you lot to aid me with my son when I had that problem."

The Huckabee campaign denied Bailey'southward accusations but said that David Huckabee regretted "the incident."

2. He Was Found Guilty of Carrying a Loaded Gun on to a Plane in 2007

David Huckabee was arrested at Clinton Airport in 2007 with a loaded glock. (Wikipedia)

Back in April 2007, David Huckabee pleaded guilty to bringing a loaded gun into a prohibited place. His gun was legally registered and the investigating lieutenant at Lilliputian Stone (Clinton) Airport said "It is not unusual for people to forget they have a gun in their behave-on baggage." The governor's son was sentenced to 10 days community service.

3. He Once Said 'My Dream Is to Either Be the President or Be the 1 Who Makes the President the President'

Mike Huckabee'due south son David Huckabee shares some thoughts of his dad and his dad's candidacy with Newsmax. 2008-01-25T14:02:00.000Z

While he was a student at Arkansas Country University, David Huckabee told the college paper "My dream is to either be the president or be the one who makes the president the president." He stressed at the time that he chose to stay in Arkansas for his schooling so he could get more familiar with the state'due south politics. While he was a political scientific discipline student there, David Huckabee was elected homecoming king in 2001. During his father'due south 2008 presidential campaign, David Huckabee was on the payroll.

iv. He Paid a Government Registration Fee in Pennies

According to his LinkedIn page, David Huckabee is the CEO of Blueish Diamond Media. A keen businessman since his higher days, during which time he was asked to officially register his two companies, Pyro Erectus and H&Grand Enterprises, with the City of Jonesboro. The fee required was $62.fifty. He resisted, saying his businesses were "partnerships," according to the Herald of Arkansas. David Huckabee responded past paying the fee in half dozen,250 pennies.

5. His Wife Handles Mike Huckabee's Schedule

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In a 2012 Politico study, information technology said that David Huckabee's wife, Lauren, was in accuse of running Governor Mike Huckabee's schedule and his endorsements. Lauren, a lawyer, was fundraising for Huckabee's PAC to raise money for conservative congressional candidates. According to her Facebook page, her and David Huckabee are married with ii young children.