Kristi Noem Suggests Biden's Dog Should Have Been Killed, Too

[SouthBayDem]

Source: New York Times (gift link)

Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, already under fire for killing her family’s 14-month-old dog and boasting about it, on Sunday took aim at another family’s pet: Commander, President Biden’s bite-prone German shepherd.

Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Ms. Noem, a Republican, suggested that Commander, who was banished from the White House last fall after bloodying a number of Secret Service agents, should also have been put down.

“Joe Biden’s dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people,” she told her interviewer, Margaret Brennan. “So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog?”

Commander was sent to an undisclosed location after the Secret Service recorded 24 biting episodes involving him between October 2022 and July 2023, about half of which required medical attention.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/kristi-noem-biden-dog.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.XAXQ.thjzVdX2SmmX

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Welcome to 2024, where this kind of story couldn't have been written in The Onion or Andy Borowitz's New Yorker column.

[pwb]

1. Putting down and personally shooting a dog

are two different things.

[PSPS]

15. Yes, one is accompanied by a bang.

The problem here is this particular sadistic necrophiliac's motivation. She just likes to kill animals for the sheer pleasure she derives from it. She likes to talk about it because it gives her a sexual rush. She's insane.

[Roy Rolling]

25. This was an SNL joke

It was on Weekend Update News with Michael Che and Colin Jost.

She actually said this? WTF?

[whathehell]

31. ...and Pain to go along with that 'bang'.

[PatSeg]

32. People who kill animals

often do so because they can get away with it, whereas killing a human being might end up with them in jail.

[Squaredeal]

33. Five year minimum prison term in NJ for cruelty to animal conviction.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. Same with New York, we have strict animal protection laws and people have been prosecuted.

[Roy Rolling]

59. One element

One element of human violent criminals is a history of animal cruelty. Cruel trolls like Noem are a MAGAt darling until word gets out of her murders in secret.

If it weren’t for the negative publicity she’d be a a Vice President candidate. She’s a Trump with (more) estrogen. Try as he may to be soft, unhealthy, and weak, Noem is corroding from the inside more than Orange Unappeal stinks from the outside.

[Rhiannon12866]

61. Well said, thanks!

I went to a local meeting last night and before it started those sitting near me started talking about their beloved animals. One guy started talking about his adorable little dog and a young woman said that she'd recently taken out a loan to pay for surgery on her cat's ear. And they both showed me photos. I consider that normal behavior.

[ms liberty]

63. I live in a tiny, deeply red, rural county in NC, every one of the wealthy

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Conservative farmers and such around here can be seen out and about every day driving around in their pickups, with their perfectly groomed little dog on their lap and/or with anywhere from one to three dogs of any larger breed in the the cab or back, or both. Even Republicans love their pets, and I have never heard anyone around here talk about doing what Psycho Kristi bragged about.
It's a real tell on her that she thought she would score points for that story, and her spinning for damage control is just making it exponentially worse, IMO. It's the only bright spot in this sordid tale. Her downfall is well deserved, but someone needs to take away her weapons. Who knows who she might kill next if she gets pissed off enough.

[Rhiannon12866]

64. I'm familiar with Western North Carolina since my grandmother moved to a retirement community there, Black Mountain

And I got to know many of her friends. She joined a peace group there and invited me to accompany her and the group on their first trip to their "sister town" in the USSR in the late '80s. And these were experienced world travelers, almost all senior citizens, clearly liberal Democrats and I learned so much from them and loved them all as well.

And one attractive feature of this retirement community was that they welcomed pets. Whenever we visited we got to meet dogs on walks and in the part of the community for those who could no longer manage apartments there was a program they called "Noah's Oasis" where dogs lived on one hall and cats on another. When my grandmother finally moved there she was on a hall with dogs, so I brought treats, and she was able to "rent" a pet bird whose cage was cleaned and was fed by staff so all she had to do was enjoy "Amelia's" company.

And when I was there I got to see a project in the men's woodworking shop. They took in a stray cat who had kittens, so they built her a sturdy "house" which had a glass roof so residents could look in. And when they were ready, the kittens found homes in the community and the mama cat, too.

My point is that pets are popular everywhere, Democrats, Republicans, the old and the young. And Noem is now a national liability after shooting herself in the foot as she did. And I agree she needs to be relieved of her guns.

[PatSeg]

70. And Noem is too clueless to realize

that is what normal people are like, regardless of political affiliation. Why on earth did she think her dog story would be viewed by voters as a positive one?

[Rhiannon12866]

73. She obviously has no idea what other people are like, like TFG she's too self-centered to notice

And we know what he thinks of dogs. When they moved into the White House someone offered Barron a dog, like happened with the Obamas and Amy Carter, but TFG prohibited it. Which was certainly best for the dog.

[PatSeg]

75. Yes, Trump thinks dogs are dirty

Noem probably only sees them as useful for hunting dogs, not as pets or companions. If they don't serve her purpose, then they are expendable.

Though in her case, I believe there is more to it. Perhaps she needed an excuse to cruelly shoot a living creature. If the dog really was useless as a hunting dog, there were other options like finding another home for the dog. I'll bet she never even considered alternatives.

[PatSeg]

71. Apparently Noem is unaware of such laws

or perhaps she thought people wouldn't care. Obviously she is both cruel and stupid.

[claudette]

2. This woman

is truly heartless. SHOOTING dogs to put them down is cruelty. There are compassionate ways to do that to sick dogs. Sending his pet for training was Biden’s decent way of handling the problem.

[CarolinaNC]

14. She should have paid for her dog to get training...she had the money...she was heartless...don't want heartless people!

[TomSlick]

39. Or simply re-home it. Or surrender it to a shelter.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

54. Trump does, though.

And he enjoys being heartless, too. That is the point of all this shit- Noem is auditioning to be his VP.

Noem is not only sadistic but is also power-hungry which is a bad combination.

The party of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Eisenhower is now the party of ghouls.

[lastlib]

3. I don't suppose.....

...we could just put Kristi Noem down, and scare the dogs??? No, I suppose not....the dogs would just applaud....

Yunno, if we could find the dog/other animal that gave her rabies, I'd nominate it for a Medal of Freedom or something. Maybe steak for life? Rabid is the best explanation for her I can think of.

[burrowowl]

4. Love your response!

[AZ8theist]

44. Somebody please tell that fucking bitch....

...to try and kill one of my beautiful rescue dogs.

She would find out what "cruel" actually is.......

[underpants]

5. What could Noem bring to his campaign?

So she’s attractive (generally speaking) and Trump loves to surround himself “attractive people”. The idea is if you are surrounded by good looking people, it makes you look better.

Is it her hyper pro-gun persona?

I think South Dakota is already in any Republican’s win column.

[jmowreader]

17. She brings all the rural states

Which, of course, are ALREADY in Trump's column.

[underpants]

18. Exactly. I still think it will be Ben Carson I think all the other talk of her or Sen. Scott

is just to have news coverage of it.

See! Look - he’s black
and he’ll be a potted plant like Pence.

[NanaCat]

87. The GQP is so very stupid

That they still think putting a woman or a minority on the ticket will get idiots to vote for them, as if women and minorities only vote if they can vote for someone like them, rather than on issues and policies.

They don't get that we voted for an Obama or Hillary not because they were black or a woman, but because they were good candidates, and we found it icing on the cake that they were black or a woman.

[Shermann]

6. Doubling down on dumb, sounds like she's well-aligned for VP after all! nt

[unblock]

7. "Hmmm kill dog, put muzzle on dog. Kill dog, put muzzle.. hmm.. yeah just kill the dog."

[StClone]

8. SD GOVN. should not be allowed to own animals

She is irresponsible, ignorant, and abusive towards all pets and domestic animals. She is a sickness.

[StClone]

84. v

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[DemocraticPatriot]

9. Commander would like to get Kristi Noem alone in a room for 5 minutes...

She would make pretty good 'dog chow', IMHO

[LiberalFighter]

22. She is filled with dangerous chemicals.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

57. Corey Lewdanowski is likely partly responsible for that.

Apparently, Miss Family Values has been getting more than Botox injections on the sly.

[maccafan]

30. My German shepherd

would know what that woman is like. My dog would let her know she is not worthy to hold any office!

[truthisfreedom]

10. The orange demon is behind her narrative

Deflect, distract, double down. “It’s not about me. It’s the evil Democrats who are trying to make me look bad, and it’s Biden, who didn’t have the strength to take his dog and stinky non-neutered goat and every other annoyance to a gravel pit and kill, kill, kill. I’m tougher than Biden.”

Nope, kristi, you’re a crazed puppy-murdering liar who “met” the evil leader of North Korea, with the audacity to claim a 14 month old puppy is an adult dog. In human years, that’s only 8. Its training was completely the responsibility of its owner. The owner must be punished for this poor training. Murdering it was only done to avoid further training it.

You have yet to be punished, kristi. It is only when you’ve been driven from politics that you’ll begin to understand how unwanted you are.

Commander, on the other hand, was so well trained to protect his master that nothing could be done to convince him otherwise. He was trained to guard against strangers. The endless parade of secret service agents clearly presented a stranger danger to his master, from his trained perspective.

It’s interesting to observe how similar kristi noem and her puppy are. Both adored murder and mayhem. Both out of control. Both reckless and irresponsible. People are just like their dogs, because their dogs are just like them.

[Abolishinist]

29. I was with you all the way until you brought up Mayhem, one of my ad faves!

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Perhaps Noem is 'auditioning' for the part?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Friends, if you agree that this meme should be shared, please 💙 and repost it.

Link to tweet

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Sure she is clearly a sadistic nut job, but WHY is she even a guest on Face the Nation??

Oh, right. MSM loves views or clicks no matter how they get 'em. If it bleeds, or howls, it leads.

[NanaCat]

88. It's not even the views or clicks that motivate the traitor media.

It's their determination to normalise the evil of the GQP in the service of their corporate masters.

[truthisfreedom]

13. She set up the opportunity to double down

And show the don she’s as tough and crazy as he is.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

16. If Kristi wants

If Kristi is interested in putting mad dogs down, she should look in the mirror.

[doc03]

19. I don't know if shooting a dog is a negative for most Trumpers. nt

[LiberalFighter]

20. The key when saying most Trumpers is that

there some will consider it a negative. Likely more than people think.

[LiberalFighter]

21. Campaign ad informing public she wants Commander killed.

[Polybius]

34. She would just turn around and say he bit 24 people at the WH

She'd paint him as a danger.

[LiberalFighter]

43. Rebut it with they were all Secret Service agents.

Did not bite anyone else.

[DENVERPOPS]

47. Dogs have a sixth sense

especially when guarding their master.......Quite possible that those SS agents, were MAGA secret service agents prior to Biden.
And the dog sensed it and responded..........

I had a dog that did that every once in a great while, he would stop dead in his tracks, stare at the person, and fang up.......I figured he sensed something I didn't. And he pretty well diagnosed the situation/person.........

[Polybius]

50. All 24 weren't MAGA

1) Some were brought in by Biden
2) What about MAGAs with dogs who love them? It's silly to think dogs choose a side between liberal and MAGA, and I wish I'd stop seeing it here.

[Polybius]

51. That doesn't make it any better n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

66. That's not true, though.

[Random Boomer]

69. Commander WAS a danger

Putting a highly territorial dog in a situation where his territory was constantly being "challenged" was not a good fit. He simply didn't have the temperament for such a high-stress environment.

The solution is not to kill the dog, however. It's to take him out of the high-stress environment, which is what the Bidens did. That is responsible dog ownership.

They need to stop adopting GSDs and get a people-friendly breed that delights in meeting new best friends every hour of the day.

[RobinA]

79. Couldn't Agree More

Ever since those Shepherds arrived at the White House and started biting people it seemed to me that the White House is a seriously inappropriate place for (especially male) German Shepherds. Unfair to the people and unfair to the dogs. The Biden's are obviously dog people, so get a lab or a retriever or something smaller for the duration.

[BaronChocula]

23. They double down on offensive remarks

and people go back to the voting booth to reelect 'em. Gotta love the benefit of the doubt given to White Lives Matter First (republicans).

[IronLionZion]

24. If Commander bit Kristi Noem, she would deserve it

[Sneederbunk]

26. The Magats are coming for your dog.

And your goat if you have one.

[DENVERPOPS]

48. I have to wonder

if that act didn't trigger MAGA's across the nation to similar acts...................

I am sure that many here at DU had the same thought, before switching their thinking, and blocking it out..........

[DinahMoeHum]

27. The canines send Kristi Noem their regards. . .

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

58. I want this on a t-shirt!

[catbyte]

28. Fuck all the way off, Kristi. We aren't heartless, soulless monsters like you and your Dear Leader.

[Polybius]

35. While the dog was a menace at the WH biting 24 people, let's see how he's doing in his new home

Maybe he's fine in a smaller environment.

[lapfog_1]

56. some dogs just don't like a lot of people invading their space

but they do just fine in a less busy environment. SS surrounds the President at a lot of occasions, perhaps Commander thought that they were a danger to his "adopted pack leader"

[Blue Owl]

36. Down with the Krusty Gnome

[apnu]

37. Someone should tell Kristi...

… If you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, stop digging.

[littlemissmartypants]

53. Nahhh. She needs to keep digging until the

Walls fall in on her. Problem solved.

[hadEnuf]

38. Makes about as much sense as "Real men wear diapers".

Biden did the right thing with his dog.

She lured a puppy into a gravel pit and blew it's head off, along with a goat for some extra fun.

This woman is a fucking asshole.

[Skittles]

40. fascist logic

the same people who think AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT

because you know, IMPROVEMENT is simply not an option

[Aussie105]

41. In the case of the bite happy Commander

a decision was made.

It was to rehome him in a place where he'd be happier.

See how easy it is?
No guns required.
But keep digging Kristi. The hole is getting deeper.

[Polybius]

52. How is he doing now?

Has anyone heard anything? Did he stop the biting?

[yorkster]

62. I don't know. Hope he's doing well.

But the less attention to that story, the better. The problem should have been dealt with much sooner. Love Joe Biden but it was strange that it took 24 incidents before it was resolved.

Leave it to the odious Kristi Noem to double down and say Biden's dog should
meet the same fate as her poor victims.
What a sick, vicious excuse for a human being.

[Bucky]

45. So she's comparing Secret Service agents to chickens?

Good Lord these people are weird

[Initech]

46. Kristi Noem needs to be in a maximum security mental hospital.

I mean of the Arkham Asylum variety. Holy shit, what a monster!

[tornado34jh]

49. If I am the SPCA or any animal shelter/adoption center in South Dakota

I would permanently ban the governor from being anywhere near their facilities. But she is probably not the only one in SD who thinks this way, so I would also include a very strict background check to anyone who comes in and blacklist/ban anyone who threatens to commit animal cruelty there.

[PlutosHeart]

55. As if we don't have enough troubles

Now to have the media broadcast about killing dogs and airing this insanity without sufficient pushback might only cause more dog shootings, mistreatment and who knows what.

I have seen more animal abuse lately it seems and this just depresses me.

[bmichaelh]

60. Cruelty is part of MAGA

How is this a surprise?

Cruelty is one of the modus operandi of MAGA.

Did Trump concern himself when he tried to repeal ACA and millions would have lost health insurance?

Did Trump concern himself when he lied and said COVID was going away?

Etc., Etc.

[Ray Bruns]

65. She's a psychopath. All that's missing is the bed wetting and fire starting.

[Simeon Salus]

67. Based on Noem's own standards, she really should put herself down. Politically, she's done. She'll sell pillows.

Politically, South Dakota might as well be Puerto Rico.

Traditionally, a vice president is usually chosen because they bring something specific to the ticket. They are attractive. They appear calm and prepared to take on the presidency if necessary. They are connected to an important state the party must win.

A voting bloc, a fresh face, a regional offset. Often a vice president choice is a politician from an important swing state like Wisconsin (speaker Ryan) or Indiana (Gov. Pence). Jack Kemp was a New Yorker, but a former NFL football quarterback and cabinet officer. Quayle was the senator from Indiana.

Palin was unusual in this regard, because she didn't bring a specific group of voters to the table (perhaps the crazies).

Trump has his side of the ticket sewed up. Noem gives him three electoral votes. I'm not seeing it.

[prodigitalson]

68. what a loon

[Baitball Blogger]

72. Well, someone in the Secret Service department deleted all their texts on January 6th on the

day the MAGAs tried to take over this country. Until this thing gets sorted out, we can't be sure as to who they're loyal to. Maybe Commander saw them as a threat? Certainly the level of backstabbing and betrayal that we're seeing in this country would warrant a heighten level of protection from a man's dog.

[MayReasonRule]

74. Well, personally I think folks ought to quit hounding Kristi Noem...

She's having a really ruff time.

It would be best to just leave the bitch alone while she paws and reflects.

It's the leash she could do.

[MayReasonRule]

76. Here Noem Is On Her Way To The Dog Park

[bucolic_frolic]

77. This is their narcissistic abuse strategy, shocking people from their comfort to feed MAGA

It's Q-Anon by another name. Destroy logic, common sense, rule of law, and insert something outrageous and shocking to the public.

We must stop this bullshit.

[Sanity Claws]

78. Bonkers

When I first saw this headline, I thought it was a link to The Onion or The Borowitz Report. It's real.
She also claims to have a met the leader of North Korea and never did. This woman has weird fantasies and dream life.

[VGNonly]

80. Never ever...

[Martin68]

81. She doesn't know when to stop. She just keeps digging the hole she's in deeper.

[Dave Bowman]

82. That person needs professional help asap.

One day that psycho will go after people. It almost always starts this way, torturing animals.

[Aussie105]

83. "where is Biden's dog Commander?"

Google lets me down asking that question.

Hopefully, somewhere safe and he is happy.

Someone should email the White House with a 'The Nation Needs to know!' title.

Kristi should be more careful with her gun though, must be hard walking with that hole in her foot.

But did no one proofread her book before printing and go . . . yeah, nah, that bit has to go?

[area51]

85. Hey, Noem:

"... your mouth is talkin'. Might wanna look to that."

Hat tip to the Firefly series.

[Skittles]

86. I can't believe I am quoting Ms. Pirro

"DON'T THEY HAVE ANY DOG TRAINERS IN HER STATE?!"

indeed

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

89. Noem is evil

Enough said.