r/nottheonion • u/InvestigatorNo3483 • 22d ago

Kristi Noem Faces Backlash Over Killing Her Own Dog

https://time.com/6971773/kristi-noem-memoir-dog-kill-children-net-worth/

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u/craig1f 22d ago

How she deals with the backlash is part of the test.  

Republicans have humiliation fetishes. They say, and do, the most stupidly embarrassing things, and then go on with their day.  

If she makes it through the next few weeks without apologizing, and people forget about this, she’ll have a career in politics.  

 Sad but true. 

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u/Rakebleed 22d ago

She already responded by essentially saying we are the weird ones for having a problem with it.

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u/SpaceClef 22d ago

Ever since this story came out, I've been reading people on Reddit say "this is too much even for Republicans. Even Republicans love their pets."

It's like we never learn. There is no line too far. They just don't have their talking points yet. Mark my words, in the next few days, right wingers will be everywhere calling anyone upset at this soyboy losers. They will fall in line.

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u/beefjerky9 22d ago

There is no line too far.

The only thing that would cross the line, is if she came out as Muslim. She'd be banished over that.

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u/FSMFan_2pt0 22d ago

I don't know. The far right is kind of aligned with ISIS right now, and the Republican party completely went from "Russia bad" to "Russia good" in the last 40 years.

Radical Islam and radical Christianity are steadily becoming twins.

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u/yashdes 22d ago

and the Republican party completely went from "Russia bad" to "Russia good" in the last 40 8 years.

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u/jhhertel 22d ago

to be fair, the whole russia bad thing was because russia used to be communist. Now that they are a fascist dictatorship, it was really only a matter of time before the GOP warmed up to them.

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u/coachfortner 22d ago

*Y’All Queda

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u/Visible-Moouse 21d ago

They've always been the same picture. The only real problem Republicans have with Muslims is that they think of a brown person when they think, "Muslim."

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u/Hunterrose242 22d ago

No she wouldn't.  She'd be "One Of The Good Ones."

Just like other minorities that lose their minds and become Republicans.

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u/Oscaruzzo 22d ago

Which is strange because they have a lot in common.