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Kristi Noem dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Sun 28 Apr 2024 02.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 28 Apr 2024 13.47 EDT

Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful, saw polling numbers plummet after the Guardian revealed that she writes in a new book about the day she shot dead a hunting dog and an un-castrated goat, a revelation that ignited a political storm.

Announcing what it called its “Noem Puppy Murder Poll Findings”, New River Strategies, a Democratic firm, said 81% of Americans disapproved of Noem’s decision to shoot Cricket, a 14-month-old wire-haired pointer who Noem says ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbour’s chickens, thereby earning a trip to a gravel pit to die.

According to Noem’s account, the goat, which Noem did not name, followed Cricket to the pit because Noem deemed his odour and behaviour unacceptable on her farm. By Noem’s own detailed admission, it took two blasts from a shotgun, separated by a walk back to her truck for more shells, to finish the goat off.

Noem’s book – No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward – will be published in May. The Guardian obtained a copy. The governor’s extraordinary admission made news because she has long been seen to be auditioning to be picked for vice-president by Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/27/kristi-noem-dog-goat-book-trump-running-mate-polling

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Kristi Noem dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 28 OP

"Dogged?" Lunabell Apr 28 #1

... BumRushDaShow Apr 28 #3

I' m sure that headline Old Crank Apr 28 #41

ooooh. Lunabell Apr 28 #42

I sure hope so! calimary Apr 29 #52

Thank God. Someone like this is pathetic. I've been w/ farm families and their animals, seen, etc., and SWBTATTReg Apr 29 #54

That fallout will always hound her... 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 28 #2

Haunt? Voltaire2 Apr 28 #5

Too soon. Lunabell Apr 28 #6

She's being hounded by the media. Voltaire2 Apr 28 #4

Good Rebl2 Apr 28 #12

Polls again.................. Lovie777 Apr 28 #7

JHC... It took a walk back to the truck for more bullets to kill the goat already shot twice? hlthe2b Apr 28 #8

Evidently, she can't shoot straight. Mawspam2 Apr 28 #14

What a cold blooded woman. sheshe2 Apr 28 #9

I hope her political "career" is over. brer cat Apr 28 #11

I hope so too. sheshe2 Apr 28 #16

"Noem has shot her political career in a gravel pit." (Borowitz) sop Apr 29 #65

It's astonishing she's such a stupid, cold hearted, evil creature she would include that story in Vinca Apr 28 #10

Most likely Rebl2 Apr 28 #13

These Conservatives just don't think right. hadEnuf Apr 28 #35

She thought Trump would be titillated viva la Apr 29 #62

He probably is. Island Blue Apr 29 #79

I knew the way the goat slightlv Apr 28 #15

Buck goats during rut season central scrutinizer Apr 28 #17

I stayed by a goat like that a couple years ago and yea that stench was horrible Maraya1969 Apr 28 #21

She Thinks The Way To Deal With A Bad-Tempered Stinky Creature Is To Shoot It? smb Apr 28 #47

It is bad enough that she shot an innocent puppy, PatSeg Apr 28 #18

How the hell did the publisher let that stay in? underpants Apr 28 #27

Well, either whoever read her book PatSeg Apr 29 #69

👀 underpants Apr 29 #72

Oh, that is brilliant! PatSeg Apr 29 #73

Not Only That RobinA Apr 29 #60

We are fortunate in that she managed PatSeg Apr 29 #71

Trump catches another lucky break Pototan Apr 28 #19

I would not bet on the story killing his chances. yourout Apr 28 #29

No kidding? Jean Genie Apr 28 #20

Who doesn't think this was not her 1st rodeo as per shooting pets or farm animals? Botany Apr 29 #58

Will voters in S. Dakota care? TomSlick Apr 28 #22

Nope, they wouldn't ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 28 #39

Puppy Mill Killer /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 28 #23

Fuck her. I don't care what she's claiming in her damn book. calimary Apr 28 #24

She let the dog loose in the neighbor's yard? LiberalFighter Apr 28 #25

Stick a fork in her, she's done.... Blue Owl Apr 28 #26

Can't find the clip but Tom Hank's after "Turner & Hooch" was on Letterman underpants Apr 28 #30

She's toast as far as the VP spot. edbermac Apr 28 #28

Noem defended Cricket's shooting today: sop Apr 28 #31

Dogs For Biden 2024 LetMyPeopleVote Apr 28 #32

Her book should have been titled "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Me and Martin68 Apr 28 #33

Plays on words aside, this was an utterly despicable act. PatrickforB Apr 28 #34

Kind of a weird thing to boast about in her book IronLionZion Apr 28 #36

If she'd shoot a puppy just for having too much fun while hunting, imagine what she'd do to Democrats. sop Apr 29 #67

This is where Republicans draw the line. Rizen Apr 28 #37

Hardly ForgoTheConsequence Apr 29 #53

Well, you know,... rpannier Apr 28 #38

BumRushDaShow.......... Upthevibe Apr 28 #40

Human Rights, Women Rights, Minority Rights, mean nothing to Repukes, but shoot a puppy. OverBurn Apr 28 #43

Not the same, because the victim was his son.... viva la Apr 29 #63

New campaign sign. sinkingfeeling Apr 28 #44

Kristi's F-M-K Game Picks smb Apr 28 #46

John Wick JPK Apr 28 #45

She actually thought that story about killing a dog made her sound strong and decisive. SunSeeker Apr 28 #48

needing more than one shotgun shell displays her inability to focus Traurigkeit Apr 29 #50

Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem dalton99a Apr 29 #49

"Gov. Kristi Noem's Doggie Style Angers Voters." How's that for a headline? :) n/t brewens Apr 29 #51

Monster. Plain and simple. The animals under you trusted you. I hate you and what you represent. SWBTATTReg Apr 29 #55

She's the hottest psychopath at the lake. SalamanderSleeps Apr 29 #56

Excuse the pun: Her stunt backfired on her. no_hypocrisy Apr 29 #57

Cricket is chilling up there in doggy heaven all like, "Hows that find out working for you?" SKKY Apr 29 #59

Live by the gun, die by the gun. lark Apr 29 #61

What about the 19% who don't disapprove of her shooting the family dog? Botany Apr 29 #64

A person that can't train a dog Monsieur_Grumpe Apr 29 #66

She used a fucking SHOTGUN? ismnotwasm Apr 29 #68

And she went back to her truck to get more shells. 2 weren't enough IronLionZion Apr 29 #75

Ugh. ismnotwasm Apr 29 #78

The fact that she thought it was a flex and an example of her "leadership qualities" shows just how sick she is. catbyte Apr 29 #70

She must have really thought that the Kills Things For Fun And Then Poses For Pics Party would really go for that. Aristus Apr 29 #74

Trump did not shoot a puppy Turbineguy Apr 29 #76

"The governor may be a shitty hunter but at least you know she can kill a puppy and a goat" struggle4progress Apr 29 #77

She's too stupid EndlessWire Apr 30 #80