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(36,914 posts) Sun Apr 28, 2024, 02:17 PM Apr 28

Governor Kristi Noem issues a new statement justifying her decision to murder a puppy. [View all]

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Governor Kristi Noem issues a new statement justifying her decision to murder a puppy. [View all] demmiblue Apr 28 OP

Just like Katie Britt tried to clean up her disastrous state of the union rebuttal. Irish_Dem Apr 28 #1

The fact Kristi cannot understand why people are upset about her story says it all. Irish_Dem Apr 28 #2

No, she has a clue COL Mustard Apr 28 #47

She can understand why "some" people are "upset." Grokenstein Apr 28 #58

Sen Kate Britt didn't realize at first how badly she screwed up either. Irish_Dem Apr 28 #72

I did not know that! ShazzieB Apr 28 #87

She hit the Sunday talk shows. Irish_Dem Apr 28 #88

Ngl, I'm going to look for some videos so I can witness this spectacle! ShazzieB Apr 28 #91

I didn't see any of the videos. Irish_Dem Apr 28 #95

Her statement only further reveals her utter lack of heart and humanity. Her "responsibility" would have been LaMouffette Apr 28 #3

I posted this in another thread on the subject that is similar TxGuitar Apr 28 #6

She definitely doesn't have a public relations person, they would have killed that story so fast. BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 28 #10

It makes me wonder what else is in the book. yardwork Apr 28 #37

Remember how she bragged about Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 28 #77

I forgot about that! yardwork Apr 28 #79

I wonder, too. ShazzieB Apr 28 #93

Is biting people part of the story in the book? Marthe48 Apr 28 #59

I had a puppy that kept biting hands as a form of play Farmer-Rick Apr 28 #75

I'm relying on other people here... but in the book she doesn't mention the dog biting people Goodheart Apr 28 #105

Coleridge understood a dead puppy can be an albatross Ponietz Apr 28 #4

Keep diggng, psycho! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 28 #5

yep. and it's not just that she killed the puppy... she attached the story to selling a book BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 28 #9

She killed the goat because she hated it and was too stupid to figure out how to raise goats. haele Apr 28 #74

Yeah.. Get a Bigger Shovel. Cha Apr 28 #28

The right wing loves to do rotten things then use "it's legal" or "I have the right" to justify unblock Apr 28 #7

They call that asking for forgiveness. LakeArenal Apr 28 #35

Asking for forgiveness involves admitting you did something wrong unblock Apr 28 #43

she's feeling the heat. even on fox news youtube, the comments were 100% appalled that she killed a healthy animal BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 28 #8

Yep. demmiblue Apr 28 #13

That's a collection of terrible people who think Noem is worse. yardwork Apr 28 #38

Man, she's getting some serious heat for this Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 28 #82

"He was a bad dog...a very bad dog" ret5hd Apr 28 #80

Little Anthony Fremont and his cornfield of death.... Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 28 #83

When Trump fills the concentration camps,... LudwigPastorius Apr 28 #11

That is exactly the message she wanted to send. yardwork Apr 28 #39

Written for an audience of one. OMGWTF Apr 28 #69

Her original statement was a dog whistle to the hard right. John1956PA Apr 28 #12

So now the dog was biting people? NickB79 Apr 28 #14

She's Lying.. a maga "lying".. shocking. Cha Apr 28 #30

Our chickens stay in their pen, Bayard Apr 28 #51

Was cheating with Corey Lewandowski a "hard decision" too? Cha Apr 28 #71

Is that THE dog? Bayard Apr 28 #73

Yes they do.. you don't take them out and shoot them in the face & Cha Apr 28 #76

That was Noem's puppy, Cricket.. "14 months old" Cha Apr 28 #110

I looked up the breed Bayard Apr 29 #114

Oh Thank You. Cha Apr 29 #115

Admittedly, I haven't read SD law ok_cpu Apr 28 #42

In her next iteration it will be a pitbull ecstatic Apr 29 #113

Zero humanity - if she really felt that way she could have a conversation w/the Vet TBF Apr 28 #15

'Kristi Noem's Killing Of Her Puppy Slammed Across Parties' Forbes BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 28 #16

TY!! Cha Apr 28 #33

Wanted to kill something. Went hunting. Puppers no help. Ran around chasing birds. struggle4progress Apr 28 #55

The dog was out of control, she took it out hunting, the dog later "escaped" the car, she got the dog back in the car, chowder66 Apr 28 #17

I didn't read her self-serving statement...the whole thing has sickened me. I Demsrule86 Apr 28 #18

I wonder if she would have been elected Governor if this were public knowledge back then. TheBlackAdder Apr 28 #19

She doesn't get it. Ocelot II Apr 28 #20

Casual cruelty. WOW! Now THAT is a killer meme! calimary Apr 28 #85

Vastly unpersuasive. Paladin Apr 28 #21

Republicans abuse puppies. Voltaire2 Apr 28 #22

Republicans abuse Americans..... AZ8theist Apr 28 #61

Yes sure but as that abuse is framed as Voltaire2 Apr 28 #64

And heterosexual. ShazzieB Apr 28 #96

Glad she's feeling the heat senseandsensibility Apr 28 #23

Wondering how she treats the still living animal victims at her farm MorbidButterflyTat Apr 28 #24

Unfamiliar with that publisher AltairIV Apr 28 #29

Check out her glamour shot. yardwork Apr 28 #40

I'm under the assumption that American Indians revere their animals Deuxcents Apr 28 #54

Yesterday Noem mentioned she'd recently put down 3-4 horses. yardwork Apr 28 #32

So it's your fault. You should have rehomed him where he wasn't around livestock. Fla Dem Apr 28 #25

The message she is sending. That she can't make good decisions. LiberalFighter Apr 28 #26

The banality of evil. The banality of Kristi Noem. nt The Unmitigated Gall Apr 28 #27

What about the goat? yardwork Apr 28 #31

Best of luck to her kids. meadowlander Apr 28 #34

warning to everyone. Don't let Kristi lure you to the gravel pit. BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 28 #36

AND her children....... lastlib Apr 28 #48

Too bad she wasn't FIRST chosen to be the former's running mate, and THEN Abolishinist Apr 28 #41

"If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him." NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 #44

C'mon man. You guys make it sound like a popular republican governor in a red state could find a home for a cute brewens Apr 28 #45

gutless pscyho refuKKKchicken kills puppy, that is all bringthePaine Apr 28 #46

The damage has been done dlk Apr 28 #49

Yep! blue neen Apr 28 #108

14 months old. ismnotwasm Apr 28 #50

What a crock! hamsterjill Apr 28 #52

Well, at least she's not claiming that the pup was heavily armed or that God told her to kill it. Ping Tung Apr 28 #53

Yes, that's it!! Double down, you sack of shit! Grokenstein Apr 28 #56

I'm suspicious AverageOldGuy Apr 28 #57

This statement will NOT help her LetMyPeopleVote Apr 28 #60

GOOD! calimary Apr 28 #102

As I recall her COVID leadership was every bit as bad as Trump's rurallib Apr 28 #62

I was thinking the same thing, that it was pretty rich for her to brag about "leading South Dakota through covid." ShazzieB Apr 28 #98

If my memory serves me correctly.......... KS Toronado Apr 28 #63

Well according to one Du'er we all need a lecture miyazaki Apr 28 #65

I'd call her a c#nt but she lacks warmth and depth. OMGWTF Apr 28 #66

I just served on a jury for this post, now I'm recing it and toasting to it prodigitalson Apr 28 #86

As someone on Threads put it last night Jilly_in_VA Apr 28 #67

She could stop explaining, her decision really speaks for itself 0rganism Apr 28 #68

If you're explaining, you're losing. RandySF Apr 28 #70

Guess it's too much to ask to pick up a phone and call a humane organization to have Vinca Apr 28 #78

She'll be forever labeled as a puppy killer Kaleva Apr 28 #81

100% true. Her career is as dead as Cricket. Peregrine Took Apr 28 #94

How "Pro Life" of her... orwell Apr 28 #84

"CAN" be put down is NOT "MUST" be put down. no_hypocrisy Apr 28 #89

Noem's competition. Marcuse Apr 28 #90

Oh, barf! ShazzieB Apr 28 #101

I think it's terrible the way she treated that dog as if it was a labor union organizer Bucky Apr 28 #92

Well, Well! peggysue2 Apr 28 #97

She is an admitted puppy killer ColinC Apr 28 #99

it wasn't just the dog -- she's also a goat killer orleans Apr 28 #100

The goat was "nasty and mean" because they didn't TexasBushwhacker Apr 28 #106

There was an easy, obvious, humane choice: don't let the dog around other people or their livestock Goodheart Apr 28 #103

She may not have realized it yet Blue Owl Apr 28 #104

Telegraphing to Trump she is willing to do his dirty work. Freethinker65 Apr 28 #107

Puppy killer. bamagal62 Apr 28 #109

Maybe the dog had rabies, because vaccines don't work, intheflow Apr 28 #111

What a clown. "Upset about a 20 year old story..." ecstatic Apr 28 #112