Kristi Noem's VP Odds Crash After Dog Killing Revelation

[Botany]

Source: Newsweek

"I hated that dog," Noem writes in No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, adding Cricket was "untrainable" and "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with."

"At that moment," Noem adds, "I realized I had to put her down."

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Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House communications director turned critic of the former president, posted on X, previously called Twitter: "I'm a dog lover and I am honestly horrified by the Kristi Noem excerpt. I wish I hadn't even read it. A 14-month-old dog is still a puppy and can be trained. A large part of bad behavior in dogs is not having proper training from humans.

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"Dogs are a gift from God. They're a reflection of his unconditional love. Anyone who would needlessly hurt an animal because they are inconvenient needs help."



Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-killing-dog-trump-running-mate-odds-1894844

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I heard yesterday it was her son’s dog too. You train a dog in short and repeated sessions and
yes sometimes hunting dogs make mistakes when they are young but you don’t shoot them
when they do. As a kid the neighbors had a lab that tore up game the first few times they were
“working him” but he developed into a great hunting and family dog too.

Btw according to the Newsweek article there are still republicans who support Noem as
V.P.. ?

[PSPS]

1. Are they kidding? Republicans are sadists by nature. This "revelation" will make her more desirable.

[Chi67]

26. Well

The GQP hurts people as well, so this should come as no surprise. Sad.

[Mr.Bee]

29. Mitt Romney dog in cage on top of car going down the highway, anyone??

[pwb]

2. Did she let it go and then hunt it down?

For the fun of guns?

[BootinUp]

6. I admit, I have not read her full account, as it may

make me ill.

[XanaDUer2]

27. She dragged her into a gravel pit

Construction crew saw

[slightlv]

57. How could they watch her and NOT take action???

Goes against every passion in my body. I'd have made a running bull towards her as soon as I saw what she was dragging the dog toward the pit. I'd also have thrown any tool I had at her while running full steam. You just don't stand by and let evil happen.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

63. As a kid

Being bullied and seeing other kids get bullied while people that could have helped but chose to bystand being disgusted by it I swore to myself I would not bystand. I stand up. It has gotten me some shit when certain people didn’t like it but who cares what a piece of shit narcissist thinks.And it has made good and lasting changes too.

[slightlv]

70. Absolutely, Panther!

I was one of those kids being bullied constantly because of my weight. Never picked for any games at PE, except dead last. Buried myself in books and graduated in the top 10 of my high school. But it left me with a life-long passion for helping those who can't help themselves...

[CincyDem]

3. I'm sure Trump saw the headlines and said...

…”she killed a dog? What the f’ck…doesn’t she know if there’s a dog to be shot only I get to shoot the dog?”

[paleotn]

4. She exemplifies the people we're dealing with. The absolute worst of us.

People with rotten souls if they even have one at all. Honestly, I find it hard to classify them as humans.

[Botany]

13. She fits right in with Montana's Governor who shot a wolf from Yellowstone inside a pen.

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/report-montanas-governor-illegally-trapped-killed-gray-wolf-outside-yellowstone-2021-03-23/

The wolf had a radio collar on too. I have hunted for years (not wolves) and that was just sick. There
is a darkness to their souls. Dick Cheney used to go to “game farms” where he and his crew would
kill more than 50 farm raised birds in a single day.

BOZEMAN, Mont.— “In violation of state regulations, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte trapped and killed a gray wolf on a ranch 10 miles north of Yellowstone National Park in February without first completing a state-required wolf-trapping certification class, according to the Mountain West News Bureau.

The ranch is owned by a media magnate and campaign contributor. Gianforte was allowed to keep the unfortunate wolf’s pelt and skull.“

[MontanaMama]

34. Yep. He did that.

And this goes hand in hand with the psycho from Wyoming who ran a wolf pup down with his snowmobile, badly injuring it. He duct taped her muzzle shut and took her to town where he continued torturing her, dragged her through a bar and then took her to the parking lot and shot her. We are not dealing with people who have any good in them whatsoever. These people are psychopaths.

[liberalla]

62. OMG, I've never heard that story! He wasn't arrested or anything?

[MontanaMama]

72. There is a petition on change.org

demanding that Cody Roberts be charged with a felony. Apparently running predators down with snowmobiles and killing and or torturing them isn’t against Wyoming state law. I don’t know how many nights of sleep I have lost over this case.

[slightlv]

58. Years ago, I moved to KS from TX to help medically with my Dad

When we got here, I missed TX so much we tried to move back. I got a job interview... well paying, easy Tech work. They flew me down for an interview. I walked in and saw dead animals as trophies on the wall. Turns out I was at one of those "hunting farms" Texas has so many of. I flew out of that place so fast it made heads spin!

Called the headhunter and told her exactly how I felt about what this corporation was sponsoring and how not only would I NOT be having anything to do with them, but I'd be reporting what I saw on grounds to the Humane Society, the ASPCA, and PETA. Headhunter thought I was nuts... the money was fantastic for the job. I told her the job would mean losing my soul, and it wasn't for sell no matter how much money! Flew back to KS, and we've been here ever since. Sometimes you are called to make decisions on what your true priorities are. I met mine, and never regretted it. -- Although, gods know KS has immense issues I'm still fighting to this day!

[dem4decades]

5. Dogs are woke. This will appeal to Trump.

[Wonder Why]

7. Stupidity know no title, even governor or ex-president.

[Marthe48]

8. If a Dem owned to this cruelty

the headlines would say "Puppy Killer"

Betcha.

[spooky3]

9. Or, you work with a rescue group to find a new home for the dog.

I’ve fostered many cats over 30+ years. Finding the right fit usually works.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Just like what happened to Katie Britt.

They both tarted themselves up to look like a Trump stepford wife.

Then spout humiliating nonsense they think Trump and the MAGAs will love.

Land flat on their asses.

[unblock]

11. All that plastic surgery for nothing

[Earth-shine]

14. She has teeth from Texas and made a big deal about it.

https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-dentist-video-texas-dc931ee40c4613c3c5effc1dbfc3ba75

[unblock]

16. Yes, great governors try to drive up business to other states

[ancianita]

12. There are no bad dogs. Only bad owners. That Noem killed her own dog means she is not to be trusted.

[NanaCat]

50. I wouldn't go that far

Dogs are like any other creature. They can have brain development problems that contribute to dangerous personality issues, and no amount of training can fix that when it happens.

Just like with people.

[ancianita]

69. It's not a "dangerous personality issue" to not be able to hunt. I stand by what I said.

[mwb970]

15. And people said Romney was hard on dogs.

This is another sign of the sheer degeneracy of the trump cult.

[4lbs]

17. Comedian Bill Burr revealed in a standup routine that he had his own dog trained

after it "acted up" and tried to attack some people.

This was a fully grown pitbull that his girlfriend (at the time), found as a stray too.

He took her to a trainer, and it tried to attack him too.

Then he left, came back a week later, and the dog was playing with the trainer, and Bill Burr himself got some instruction from the trainer regarding the dog.

Any dog, any age, can be "trained" if you do it right.

It reminds me, if a six year old kid just starts peeing and pooping all over the place, you wouldn't kill him/her would you?

You would ask "Hey, have you ever been properly potty trained?"

Evidently, by her own logic, Noem would be impatient and simply want to kill the kid.

[ashredux]

18. Kill the kid...? It would appear she thinks that would just be easier than trying to get the kid potty trained.

Also, she just an idiot. Who would put such a devastating act in their book? Apparently, she thinks what she did is just fine. And you want her to be one heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States?

In a word…NO!

[BlueKota]

33. I feel really sorry for her kids.

They will have almost no chance of being emotionally healthy with her for a mother.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Noem is the perfect VP candidate for TFG

TFG hates dogs and so Noem is a good choice for TFG

[dalton99a]

21. +1

[speak easy]

40. +2

[dalton99a]

20. Fucking psychopath

[BradBo]

22. I hope Trump picks her as his VP.

[FeelingBlue]

23. She could...

Shoot a dog on 5th Ave, and they would still follow her.

[CCExile]

24. Anyone that knows and loves dogs would know that

almost any dog younger than two years old will not remember and integrate all of it's training. Their brains aren't fully developed! If there is a God, she will damn this woman fer shure!

[Bayard]

25. Which is it?

Yesterday, I read that the puppy was so playful it couldn't be trained. Today, its vicious? What breed of dog was this supposed to be? Werewolf?

[leftieNanner]

51. Wire haired pointer

I read that she got overly excited when out for a hunt and she killed some neighbor's chickens.

[Farmer-Rick]

28. She is so tone deaf

First, how could anyone think the majority of Americans would support puppy shooting? And then put it in her autobiography?

Second, shoot your own puppy? A puppy you gave to your son? Why would you?

I had a Rottweiler that just couldn't stop killing other animals. On a farm this is a serious liability. When he killed a 150 pound breeding ewe, I had to get rid of him.

I took him to animal control and they found a home, without other animals, for him. It would never occur to me to shoot him.

This woman is crazy, serial murderers start with killing pets. Her kids probably have some horror stories about her treatment of them.

[Otterdaemmerung]

30. From the "pro-life" party.

[calimary]

53. Yep.

[sop]

31. Maybe Noem thought the puppy killing story would lift her poll numbers like hog castrating did for Joni Ernst.

"How Joni Ernst’s ad about ‘castrating hogs’ transformed Iowa’s U.S. Senate race"

"Joni Ernst was lagging behind in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate here in Iowa. She was a relative unknown in a crowded field led by a wealthy businessman. Then she started talking about castrating hogs."

"Ernst spent just $9,000 to air her first television ad, but her testimonial — "I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm" — and her promise to apply those pork-cutting skills to "make 'em squeal" in Washington transformed her candidacy."

"At a time when voters tune out many political messages, the ad was a vivid reminder of the enduring power of a single image. In the first three days, her 30-second spot was viewed nearly 400,000 times on YouTube and became the talk of cable news, catapulting the state senator from rural Red Oak into the top tier."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-joni-ernsts-ad-about-castrating-hogs-transformed-iowas-us-senate-race/2014/05/11/c02d1804-d85b-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html

I guess we'll find out how Republicans feel about killing puppies. I predict many will come to Noem's defense, and ridicule those who find her actions deplorable.

[Diamond_Dog]

32. As tragic and appalling as this act is

I hope J.D. Vance doesn’t move up a notch on the list now.

[BlueKota]

35. I can't stand the thought of anyone with the GOP as

President or VP. I have been saying I wouldn't even trust one of them to dog sit for me, and that was before this incident was reported. These soulless Maga cretins shouldn't be put in charge of anything except their own miserable lives.

[CaptainTruth]

36. Well, Trump is untrainable & dangerous to anyone he comes in contact with.

Just saying.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

64. Put trump in a crate

And muzzle him. He is rabid

[CountAllVotes]

37. She could have at least tried to find another home for the puppy!

This is so disgusting!

Rot in hell woman. Rot in hell!

& recommend !!

[riversedge]

38. Or most areas have Humane Societies. Nothing has been mentioned about that organization.

[Botany]

39. She is the Governor of the state all she had to do was make one phone call and the ASPCA or ....

.. some rescue group would have come and picked up the animal with in hours but instead she
took it to a gravel pit and shot it. She really is one sick shit but remember how she disagreed
with doctors and scientists and spread the C-19 virus around America (Sturgis bike rally) and her
state for political reasons.

I wonder if the people of South Dakota can recall her?

[CountAllVotes]

43. +1

n/t

[Beacool]

41. She can go rot!!

She's an awful woman. I believe that there's a special place in hell for people who abuse the defenseless: children the elderly, the disabled and animals. What is it with the MAGA types that vote for absolutely horrible people? Starting with Trump to the likes of this woman, MTG, Gaetz, Boebert, etc., one is worse than the other.

[Otterdaemmerung]

42. Where's John Wick when we need him?

[Marcuse]

44. Noem may have committed a tactical error in supplication to an audience of one.

[Kaleva]

56. I agree

[IronLionZion]

45. MAGA types love cruel killers

Trump famously hates dogs and incites violence against humans every chance he gets

[live love laugh]

46. The MAGAts would still vote for her.

[malthaussen]

47. I can't understand how she didn't know that dog wouldn't hunt.

I can only conclude she wrote that story before the glitter of nation-wide office entered her skull. Even Hitler liked dogs, reportedly. No way that story would get her any support from even the most fanatical base.

-- Mal

[truthisfreedom]

48. I don't get what all the fuss is about.

I think the dog story makes her a perfect match for the dog-hating candidate. Two peas in a pod!

[chowmama]

49. I'd like to talk to her family and childhood friends, if any.

What is her history of bedwetting and fire-starting? What is her history with animals as a child?

IMO, someone who'd do this would like to work up to humans. I wouldn't turn my back on her for a nanosecond. If she does make it to VP, Trump had better be very careful not to piss her off.

And if he has his way, as the new president, she'd have immunity.

[Skittles]

52. she is a gun humping coward

[Jim__]

54. There's something missing from a person who can shoot a puppy like that. Humanity?

[underpants]

55. So there IS bad publicity?

[Demsrule86]

68. It is everywhere...I posted on youtube how much I despised her...and there

were a few who claimed that was 'farm life' but deleted their posts as they got hammered.

[delisen]

59. Norm hates us too, maybe more than her dog..... nt

[Demovictory9]

60. That story will follow her forever..she thought was a story that made her cute-tough

[I_UndergroundPanther]

61. Sociopaths

Support other sociopaths because they are so much alike and know society dislikes the shit they do.

Never reward narcissists and sociopaths with power ,trust or wealth.
That is one among other reasons we are where we are as a country.

[LiberalFighter]

65. I wonder if she can teach an eleven month old child?

[Abolishinist]

66. She's toast. Everything I've read indicates

the R's are (almost) as up in arms about this as is normal society.

[TSExile]

71. I concur.

Earlier tonight after church and Bible study, a few congregants (conservatives) were talking about how horrible the story is and how sorry they felt for the dog. It is resonating.

[Demsrule86]

67. What she did was horrible. She is a monster and will never be president or vice president...

She is disgusting.

[sellitman]

73. She is perfect.

Mean, nasty and heartless.

tRump has to be salivating.

[hamsterjill]

74. She "hated that dog".

Well I hate that stupid bitch then. And yes, there are times when that term applies, and this is one of them.

Sick assholes do this kind of thing. She wrote about it to look tough. Totally disgusting.