Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’

FlyingSquid, 13 days ago

There is simply no way she is going to get out of this. Even lots of Republicans love their dogs and wouldn’t shoot a puppy.

“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.

Okay. I’m putting myself in that situation.

In that situation, I’d either get someone to properly train the dog or give it up to a rescuer and I would compensate the neighbor.

I doubt she even compensated the neighbor.

tsonfeir, 13 days ago

See? ;)

Boozilla, 13 days ago

So many options on how to handle this that don’t require killing the dog.

Like a lot of gun nuts, she can’t think outside of that very small box. Like a lot of gun nuts, she thinks this story makes her look like a “bad ass”.

It makes her look like a trigger happy moron. Any psycho can shoot a dog. It doesn’t require strength or skill. It’s not impressive at all. It reveals her to be a sick POS with zero problem-solving skills.

I do hope her political career is done. I hope we stop seeing stories about her, so she can take her place in the trash can of history where she belongs.

FlyingSquid, 13 days ago

I would guarantee you that, while there are people who absolutely worship guns and shoot every animal they can get away with shooting, even a lot of them would draw the line at a puppy.

disguy_ovahea, 13 days ago

She has one problem solving skill that we’ve identified. She knows how to kill her problems away.

sanpedropeddler, 13 days ago

If you keep reading, it does say she compensated the neighbor.

FlyingSquid, 13 days ago

Honestly, I can’t keep reading her excuses for killing a fucking puppy, so I didn’t read the article.

Corkyskog, 13 days ago

There is no situation, she is falling on her face because even farmers don’t shoot their animals anymore, let alone their dogs. If you have a big farm, you pay the vet so much money that they will do euthanasia for free. And if you just have a handful of animals, it’s like $20 or $30. They do this as a service so assholes don’t do messy/inhumane executions.

Diplomjodler3, 13 days ago

Except the assholes that enjoy those executions. Like this one.

kn0wmad1c, 13 days 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.

autumn_rain, 12 days ago

And she killed 3 horses. Because they were old.

Olhonestjim, 12 days ago

Pretending to be what? Like people who deserve power?

tastysnacks, 12 days ago

It’s all about projection. She didn’t kill her dog. She think she’s cool claiming she did. She’s a poser.

rusticus, 12 days 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.

rusticus, 12 days 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.

Son_of_dad, 12 days ago

Should have called Cesar Milan

SouthFresh, 13 days ago

What happens when she decides a demographic of the US is “untrainable”?

thethirdobject, 12 days ago

well you gotta do what you gotta do

mhague, 13 days 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!

Valmond, 13 days ago

She sounds like a Trump knockoff.

Bobmighty, 13 days ago

Her political aspirations are doa and deservedly so. She’ll only serve as tabloid trash now.

Nutteman, 13 days ago

You forget that this is America, she will be VP.

Riven, 13 days ago

There’s definitely a non zero chance of that unfortunately.

Nutteman, 12 days ago

Imo this only makes her more appealing for Trump to pick her.

FlyingSquid, 12 days ago

Trump does famously hate dogs and uses ‘dog’ as an insult on a regular basis.

ImADifferentBird, 13 days 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, 12 days 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, 13 days 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.

IchNichtenLichten, 13 days ago

I’m confused, who is the “dangerous animal” in this scenario?

conditional_soup, 13 days 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.

DarkNightoftheSoul, 13 days ago

No no, she’s right. Thanks, crazy lady, for not hiding it.

JimmyBigSausage, 13 days ago

Please ignore her.

FlyingSquid, 13 days ago

Please do not ignore her, because she was Trump’s most likely VP pick before this and she may still be.

JimmyBigSausage, 13 days ago

Who?

Fapper_McFapper, 13 days ago

Translation: I’m tired of hiding underneath this white hood!

cygnus, 13 days ago

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