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South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’
The South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful Kristi Noem asked the American public to consider having to “make a choice between your children or a dangerous animal”, as she again defended her killing of a 14-month-old dog.
“I would ask everybody in the country to put themselves in that situation,” Noem told CBS’s Face the Nation about her decision to shoot the dog, named Cricket, after the animal ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbor’s chickens.
“Because that’s what I faced, and I talked about it because what I’m tired of in this country is politicians who pretend to be something that they’re not.”
Asked why she did not surrender Cricket to an animal shelter before killing the dog, about 20 years ago, Noem repeated her prior claims that the creature was simply untrainable, had tried to bite her, and might have bitten others.
Pretending to be what? Like people who deserve power?
She killed her dog and then immidately killed one of her goats too for shits and giggles.
She’s not a politician. She’s an unhinged lunatic with bloodlust and an itchy trigger finger.
And she killed 3 horses. Because they were old.
Something her pea brain cannot grasp: if I can’t train the dog perhaps someone else can do a better job.
Nope, imma shoot it dead because no one is better than me at anything. This is the Republican Party in a fucking nutshell.
Should have called Cesar Milan
You know, I kind of agree with her. I, too, am sick of politicians pretending to be something they’re not. So I appreciate her candor in revealing herself as a puppy-killing sociopath.
On a related note, I wouldn’t vote for her for any office on Earth, because the last thing we need is more puppy-killing sociopaths in charge.
(My dad would say, “I wouldn’t vote for her for dog catcher,” to say he thought she wasn’t fit for any office at any level, but when I think about it, that’s probably the office she’s least suited for.)
Right! I’m tired of your overly smarmy backstabbing politician with the perfectly manicured public image. Let’s see the true lunatics come forth.
Been in a situation with a dog like that and the vet was still the only option. She makes it seem like blowing a dog away is the only option.
Please ignore her.
Please do not ignore her, because she was Trump’s most likely VP pick before this and she may still be.
Who?
I’m confused, who is the “dangerous animal” in this scenario?
I’m tired of politicians pretend to be something that they’re not.
Shot across the bow to all the sociopaths that are politicians.
She’s tired of politicians pretending to be someone they’re not? She would go back to pretending about it if she had a lick of sense. Thankfully she doesn’t.
No no, she’s right. Thanks, crazy lady, for not hiding it.
I too am tired of politicians pretending to not be total psychopaths, so perhaps I should be thanking Noem for taking this stance.
Her political aspirations are doa and deservedly so. She’ll only serve as tabloid trash now.
You forget that this is America, she will be VP.
There’s definitely a non zero chance of that unfortunately.
Imo this only makes her more appealing for Trump to pick her.
Trump does famously hate dogs and uses ‘dog’ as an insult on a regular basis.
Translation: I’m tired of hiding underneath this white hood!
She lied about meeting a world leader and had a fake story about it to make her look tough. She’s on TV as I write this and she can’t even answer any questions about it without dodging. She’s such a real character!
She sounds like a Trump knockoff.
I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not too. I’m very glad she showed us exactly who she is, so we can all decide we don’t want her anywhere near anything important.
Thank you, K. Noem. If you had lied we might have accidentally voted for you.
What happens when she decides a demographic of the US is “untrainable”?
well you gotta do what you gotta do