South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’

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.

  • kn0wmad1c@programming.devEnglish
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    4 months ago

    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.

  • rusticus@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    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.

  • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    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.)

    • sazey@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Right! I’m tired of your overly smarmy backstabbing politician with the perfectly manicured public image. Let’s see the true lunatics come forth.

  • sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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.

  • rusticus@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I’m tired of politicians pretend to be something that they’re not.

    Shot across the bow to all the sociopaths that are politicians.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    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.

  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    I too am tired of politicians pretending to not be total psychopaths, so perhaps I should be thanking Noem for taking this stance.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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!

  • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    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.