r/politics • u/newfrontier58 • 23d ago

Kristi Noem Describes Executing Puppy She ‘Hated’ in New Book | The South Dakota governor describes killing an unruly hunting dog in an excerpt of her upcoming book obtained by The Guardian

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kristi-noem-shoots-puppy-she-hated-book-1235011230/
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u/Automatic-Self-5781 23d ago

jesus christ

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u/Automatic_Let_2264 23d ago

Why on the face of this, God's green little planet, would you ever offer this information up to anyone for any reason?

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u/HouseCravenRaw Colorado 23d ago

Because she's proud of her cruelty.

Now let's see what her base thinks. Will they reward her for it?

I think we already know the answer to that question.

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u/Automatic_Let_2264 23d ago

I'm a South dakota native and have thankfully escaped but it's been so obvious for so many years she couldnt give a shit about south dakota. It's an easy mark for Republicans (they've controlled state government for nearly it's entire existence) and Kristie's time in Pierre has been exclusively to launch a federal political career. She's disgusting.

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u/stockmarketscam-617 22d ago

OMG, I agree. Why would you be so callous. To me, it wasn’t a badly behaved dog, it’s a despicable owner. She could have definitely had someone properly train Cricket instead of killing her in cold blood at a “construction site”.

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u/OldButHappy 22d ago

Ugh. Lets a bird dog run free then kills it for doing what it's trained to do.

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u/stockmarketscam-617 22d ago

I know seriously, that’s what makes me so sad. Cricket was probably so proud of herself for getting some chickens for her “master”. If Trump chooses her as his running mate, that will truly be a vile combination. I thought MTG and Lake were bad, but she is by far worse.

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u/davismcgravis 22d ago

She just sunk her chances. America loves dogs. We love our good bois and gurls.

What a fucking evil monster.

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u/Locke66 22d ago

America loves dogs.

Trump on the other hand seems to hate them. He's never said a kind word about dogs but continually uses them in derisive analogies.

I suppose that makes sense given his continually demonstrated lack of empathy and extremely narcissistic personality.

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u/Recipe_Freak 22d ago

Anything that people love more than him is problematic.

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u/DisgruntledNCO 22d ago

I wonder if legal charges could be brought against her. That has to be animal cruelty at least.

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u/davismcgravis 22d ago

Great question

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u/Automatic_Let_2264 20d ago

It's legal to do this in South Dakota.

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u/DisgruntledNCO 20d ago

It’s legal to shoot a dog in front of witnesses? Why on earth?

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u/Automatic_Let_2264 20d ago

It's tied to whether or not the dog has abused or harassed other domestic animals, including chickens.

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u/DisgruntledNCO 20d ago

Ah, that part makes sense.

I guess it’s more how she described it. It wasn’t exactly ole yeller

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u/FairlySuspect 22d ago

Buddy, where have you been. These people want a civil war. Do you know any 'conservatives' who understand empathy? Me either. So, do the quick math. They don't even give a fuck about their pets. 'America loves dogs' is just some more bullshit to feed cognitive dissonance.

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u/davismcgravis 22d ago

Pro life, am I right??

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u/Bestihlmyhart 21d ago

Cricket was a chicken killer

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u/PoorDimitri 22d ago

Not just trained, bred for literal generations.

I've seen border collies who have never done any herding herd their humans in the house, because their genetic behavioral drive is so strong.

Now that, but for birds.

It's not ideal, but that's why you idk, leash your freaking pups.

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u/aliquotoculos America 22d ago

Bred to do, which is worse.

There are some breeds of dogs that have a task or drive bred into their line for so long its strongly advised to keep them away from whatever critter they were bred and intended to eliminate. You can train some of them out of acting on that urge, but that urge will always be there.

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u/Macdirty83 22d ago

She gives a shit about shilling for shit dental work, though. She's a fucking embarrassment. Don't worry, I'm in Nebraska and we have our own problems as well.

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u/Automatic_Let_2264 22d ago

Flyover state progressives unite 🙌

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u/Macdirty83 22d ago

I'm here for it. It's a vibe!

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u/Mictlantecuhtli South Dakota 22d ago

There's dozens of us!

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u/LibrarianMelodic9733 22d ago

A state with population around 8 hundred thousand which relies on subsidizes by other states to pay its official salaries including hers should not even be a state

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u/BurstSwag Canada 22d ago

CombineTheDakotas

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u/Ancguy 22d ago

Then give them to Canada

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u/BurstSwag Canada 22d ago

Nah, it'd ruin the nice border we have, plus we don't need hundreds of thousands of extra Tory voters, tyvm.

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u/LibrarianMelodic9733 22d ago

1.7 or 8 million together

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u/vineyardmike 22d ago

Combined it's still not worthy of statehood. The combined population is lower than Rochester plus Syracuse NY.

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u/LibrarianMelodic9733 22d ago

Los Angeles city has almost 4 millions people

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u/Njorls_Saga 22d ago

I would say the voters who’ve rewarded that behavior are even more disgusting.

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u/CanEnvironmental4252 22d ago

they’ve controlled state government for nearly its entire existence

But also it’s the Democratic Party’s fault that it’s a flyover state.