The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s soon-to-be released book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In it, she tells the story of the ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting.
On the way home from the hunting trip, Noem writes that she stopped to talk to a family. Cricket got out of Noem’s truck and attacked and killed some of the family’s chickens, then bit the governor.
“At that moment,” Noem writes, “I realized I had to put her down.” She led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her.
She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it has to be done. But backlash was swift against the Republican governor, who just a month ago drew attention and criticism for posting an infomercial-like video about cosmetic dental surgery she received out-of-state.
What the fuck is it with republican politicians and bragging about terrible dog ownership? Must just be how to view those they view as lesser then them.
Cause they think of dogs as property, like furniture. I remember Romney told that story thinking it was funny. They will scream about “tHe UnBoRn” while showing cruelty to living beings.
God, you can tell he grew up in a cult cause he never realized how he sounded to other people. The “Binders full of women” comment and him accusing a bakery owner of giving him 7-11 cookies were so fucking weird.
It’s a shame, because she was white and attractive, so she met the republican criteria for a female candidate. Unfortunately she forgot the secret criteria of being quiet and repeating what the man says.
Unfortunately, this will end up being a positive for the base.
They’re all defending her on her Facebook post about it,saying it’s a reality of living on a ranch. It just further cements my conviction that conservatives are lacking in conscience. They squawk on and on about abortion being so wrong, but literally killing a literal sentient being for some behavior problem versus removing a few cells is completely beyond their comprehension. They’re so cognitively dull.
I wonder how she treats unruly children and people who don’t obey her. 🤔
Let’s just say if anyone decides to dig up that gravel pit, she’s in trouble.
Pro-life, unless they mouth off or something.
Her response would be that it’s okay becase “dogs don’t have souls.”
My response to that is, “neither do you,” but I’m guessing she wouldn’t agree there.
Authoritarian virtue signaling.
I’m willing to murder my dog who else do you think I’m willing to murder? So how about you make me your VP?
That’s exactly what this is. It’s violence porn for right-wing psychos.
No wonder the orange mobster is looking at her. She has the stuff to execute his problems.
I wonder if presidential immunity is transferrable to the VP?
/s
Why do these folks keep getting nominated/elected? How long until it’s “the protesters were in the wrong place, so I realized I had to command police to open fire”?
Virtue signalling of exactly this.
This is the intended message.
Vice signaling.
“I will do monstrous things without hesitation because ‘good’ reasons.”
“I hated that dog,” Noem writes, deeming her “untrainable.”
Sounds sane to me. Hating animals is cool.
Not at all psychopathic.
If I need to deploy the
/sfor you to know that I’m being absurd I can’t help you.
I have a pretty close to untrainable dog (she basically flunked out of obedience training) because she’s incredibly stubborn and I still love her with all of my heart.
That’s the right answer. My kitties keep eating the flowers my partner brought home. We don’t get mad at them. They’re cats!
Yup. And definitely not a big red flag of being a psychopath. No no!
Nooo, almost none of the known serial killers started without murdering animals.
I mean I get why some people feel it’s necessary to put down an aggressive dog, but holy shit, bragging about it just makes you look like a psychopath… when in Rome, I guess 🤷♂️
She was training the dog to hunt pheasants. The dog attacked chickens (pheasants)… And bit her while she was trying to stop it. There was 0 need to kill that dog.
She wasn’t training the dog.
She kept it with her older dogs and expected it to learn from them.
What a rotten cunt.
Not sticking up for this cunt, but that’s literally how you train a hunting dog.
Is she outside the statute of limitations for animal cruelty?
It’s South Dakota. I’m guessing shooting your dog doesn’t count as animal cruelty there.
What a cunt.
Actual psychopath behavior. Bet she’s going to wonder why her kids despise her.
She murdered a puppy!
wtf
And goobers probably find that wonderful.
No wonder trump and his robotic army of uncle fuckers love her so much.
If it ain’t:
- White
- Loves whites and sees them as persecuted
- Male
- Loves men and sees them as persecuted
- Straight
- Loves straight people and sees them as persecuted
Well then fuck them.
Fully grown Dog abortion is A-OK!
So how deep is this gravel pit? I assume she had to wack the dog with a 2x4 or a framing hammer? Or maybe she tied him up and ran him over… that’s a very hard decision. There are harder ways. Like a small hatchet with a dull edge…you know like the French realty, lots of bone crackling and a big bloody mess? No thanks!
No thanks a lot! I’m vegan. We believe in reducing and eliminating animal torture.
Oh? Are you a vegan? Really?
How interesting.
The quoted text from the article says she was coming back from training the dog for pheasant hunting. Seems a safe bet she shot it.
You sure like to fantasize about killing animals though
