Kristi Noem dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy

[BumRushDaShow]

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

[Lunabell]

1. "Dogged?"

Lmao!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. ...

We saw what they did there...

[Old Crank]

41. I' m sure that headline

Got her goat....

[Lunabell]

42. ooooh.

Good one!

[calimary]

52. I sure hope so!

[SWBTATTReg]

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

this behavior of hers is absolutely horrendous.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. That fallout will always hound her...

[Voltaire2]

5. Haunt?

[Lunabell]

6. Too soon.

Too soon.

[Voltaire2]

4. She's being hounded by the media.

[Rebl2]

12. Good

She deserves it

[Lovie777]

7. Polls again..................

RWers and theirs polls.

I think humans can decide for themselves without them.

[hlthe2b]

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

I was already reeling from her account of killing her puppy and now that? Uggh.

Apparently (which might be the "ultimate sin even for her MAGA gun-humping supporters" ) she's no kind of 'good shot' either.

What a horrible horrible waste of human life form.

[Mawspam2]

14. Evidently, she can't shoot straight.

[sheshe2]

9. What a cold blooded woman.

Ef her! I hope she pays a huge price for what she did.

[brer cat]

11. I hope her political "career" is over.

[sheshe2]

16. I hope so too.

The pup was horrible enough, yet think how that poor goat suffered when she had to saunter back to her truck to get more bullets because she F'ed up!

[sop]

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

[Vinca]

10. It's astonishing she's such a stupid, cold hearted, evil creature she would include that story in

her book because she must have thought it would impress the gun-humping masses.

[Rebl2]

13. Most likely

I am guessing it did not, except maybe tfg.

[hadEnuf]

35. These Conservatives just don't think right.

[viva la]

62. She thought Trump would be titillated

By the cruelty.

[Island Blue]

79. He probably is.

Cruelty for cruelty’s sake is so on brand for Republicans.

[slightlv]

15. I knew the way the goat

Was presented as an afterthought there was more to its story.

Curse Kristi Noem

[central scrutinizer]

17. Buck goats during rut season

Are displaying their virility by ejaculating and urinating into their beards. The smell is hard to describe. If you’re not ready for it, you should not have goats.

[Maraya1969]

21. I stayed by a goat like that a couple years ago and yea that stench was horrible

But I figured it wasn't his fault and I could always go wash my hands.

[smb]

47. She Thinks The Way To Deal With A Bad-Tempered Stinky Creature Is To Shoot It?

Trump better keep her far away...

[PatSeg]

18. It is bad enough that she shot an innocent puppy,

but she was also stupid enough to include that in her book. So that makes her both cruel and dumb.

Great combination for a governor or possible VP.

[underpants]

27. How the hell did the publisher let that stay in?

Center Street publishing
https://www.centerstreet.com/imprint/hachette-nashville/center-street/

Also publish Newt, Vivek, and Ben Carson.

Still. 🙄

[PatSeg]

69. Well, either whoever read her book

is a Democrat and left it in intentionally to undermine her political career or they didn't bother to even proofread it before publishing it.

Of course if they "also publish Newt, Vivek, and Carson", I suppose the publisher didn't have a problem with shooting a puppy either.

[underpants]

72. 👀

[PatSeg]

73. Oh, that is brilliant!

[RobinA]

60. Not Only That

but she bothers to tell us what a fun time the puppy was having before she shot it and seems to make its high spirits part of the reason she shot it. Apparently just a day in the life where she's concerned, doesn't think it's a problem. Despicable human being.

[PatSeg]

71. We are fortunate in that she managed

to reveal to us who and what she really is.

Apparently this happened many years ago and she felt she should include it in her memoir. It's not like it just slipped out in a conversation or an interview..."oops". She made a conscious effort to make sure the world knew that she was a puppy-killer, as if people would agree with her.

Obviously she was unaware that many republicans are dog-lovers and nothing turns off a dog-lover more than a person who abuses their pets. This makes her both sick AND clueless.

[Pototan]

19. Trump catches another lucky break

If the current hush money trial was televised Trump would be cooked. Lucky break for him.

If Trump picked Kristy Noam as his VP running mate and then this book and story came out, once again, he'd be cooked.

[yourout]

29. I would not bet on the story killing his chances.

I if.."grab them by the..." Didn't stop him this would not as well.

[Jean Genie]

20. No kidding?

Let us hope that Kristi Noem, professional puppy killer, goes off into the sunset, tail between her legs. What a horrible, horrible person! Fourteen months old is essentially a baby dog. She shot and killed a baby dog for ... being a young, untrained dog! God damn the woman! I guess that would make her a perfect running mate for the Orange Menace, because he thought it would have been cool to shoot humans in the middle of Manhattan.

I just don't understand what is wrong with (far too many) people. Did too many of us somehow get implanted with a type of "revenge gene?" OMG! Is that what COVID shots did? Did those of us who got our shots become evil dog-and-human-hating individuals?

But wait! That's not how it works. Remember Joe and Jill Biden's biting dog? They didn't shoot and kill him; despite several aggressive events. They instead found him a happier, safer home with people who weren't in such a high pressure (for dog or human) profession. They had MATURITY, UNDERSTANDING, and COMPASSION for their pup, as they have for their fellow human beings. Maybe instead of getting the revenge gene, some republicans have simply lost their HUMANITY gene!

So sad.

[Botany]

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

I wonder how many more carcasses are in the Governor’s gravel pit? She is a Governor
all she had to do was make a phone call and an animal rescue organization would have
picked up the dog and goat with in a day.

[TomSlick]

22. Will voters in S. Dakota care?

Republican voters in Arkansas would not.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

39. Nope, they wouldn't

[bucolic_frolic]

23. Puppy Mill Killer /nt

[calimary]

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

I WON’T EVER vote for a candidate like her. Besides, I just DO NOT vote for Republicans. PERIOD.

[LiberalFighter]

25. She let the dog loose in the neighbor's yard?

Not a responsible dog owner. It was not the dog's fault for killing a chicken.

Them she kills a goat because he stunk? It is a shame animals don't have their own laws. I didn't know about the goat until today.

[Blue Owl]

26. Stick a fork in her, she's done....

[underpants]

30. Can't find the clip but Tom Hank's after "Turner & Hooch" was on Letterman

Hooch dies in the film which greatly diminished the box office gross. He was in Letterman and said , “they have it written out in hedges now at Disney DON’T KILL THE DOG!!!”

[edbermac]

28. She's toast as far as the VP spot.

On Twitter even the rabid Trumpers are tearing her a new one.

[sop]

31. Noem defended Cricket's shooting today:

"She defended her decision to kill the dog, saying that South Dakota law states that dogs who attack and kill livestock can be put down."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-noem-dog-cricket-new-book-defense/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Dogs For Biden 2024

Link to tweet

[Martin68]

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

my Plan to Put America down like a Bad Puppy."

[PatrickforB]

34. Plays on words aside, this was an utterly despicable act.

She personifies the cruelty of the present Republican party.

[IronLionZion]

36. Kind of a weird thing to boast about in her book

and nobody advised her to take it out before publishing? Commentators have speculated she's pandering to a certain type who is into that sort of thing, to appear macho or whatever. Her context is that she makes difficult decisions that result in pain and death for someone else.

[sop]

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

[Rizen]

37. This is where Republicans draw the line.

"Sure it's okay for Trump to rape women but god forbid someone kills a puppy!"

[ForgoTheConsequence]

53. Hardly

They'd still vote for her over anyone with a D next to their name.

[rpannier]

38. Well, you know,...

the dog was showing signs of rabid behavior brought on by his control of a space laser that was able to control the weather, causing massive earthquakes, and a stock market crash that would devastate the skies over South Dakota causing everyone in the state to become woke. What was she supposed to do?

[Upthevibe]

40. BumRushDaShow..........

Well, other than being a terrible person who had absolutely NO clue that a majority of Americans would be horrified by this act, any belief that she's a good decision is now out the window.

I mean deciding to put that incident in her book shows such a lack of understanding "typical" Americans. I'd say a majority of folks like animals (even if they don't currently own one themselves they possibly grew up with one and/or have friends who have a dog or cat). dt has been very clear about his disdain for dogs so he was probably pleased about her innate cruelty. As others have said, she was probably trying to please him but didn't realize that she'd alienate a significant number of Americans.

I feel especially sorry for the goat because that animal didn't die right away and she had to go to her vehicle to get more rounds.
F her!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OverBurn]

43. Human Rights, Women Rights, Minority Rights, mean nothing to Repukes, but shoot a puppy.

If we could find a story about Trump and a animal we might get somewhere with his crazies. Remember Mitt Romney cruelly strapped a dog cage on the roof of his car and drove thousands of miles. That hurt him in the polls when people found out.

[viva la]

63. Not the same, because the victim was his son....

But supposedly Trump promised Barron a dog if he and his mother would finally move to the White House, even picked out a dog, then insisted that the dog couldn't leave the person who was fostering it for him.

Poor Barron wasn't even given a chance at a substitute.

[sinkingfeeling]

44. New campaign sign.

[smb]

46. Kristi's F-M-K Game Picks

[JPK]

45. John Wick

They killed his puppy.

[SunSeeker]

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

That's why she put it in her book. She cray!

[Traurigkeit]

50. needing more than one shotgun shell displays her inability to focus

[dalton99a]

49. Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem

[brewens]

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

[SWBTATTReg]

55. Monster. Plain and simple. The animals under you trusted you. I hate you and what you represent.

[SalamanderSleeps]

56. She's the hottest psychopath at the lake.

[no_hypocrisy]

57. Excuse the pun: Her stunt backfired on her.

Specifically, I believe that Noem was attempting to be a younger, newer Sarah Palin. An attractive woman who shoots guns. Get that NRA vote.

My contention is that she didn't count on MAGA voters loving their dogs more than their guns.

[SKKY]

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

[lark]

61. Live by the gun, die by the gun.

Sweet irony

[Botany]

64. What about the 19% who don't disapprove of her shooting the family dog?

We have some truly screwed up people in America.

Btw I don’t think that was Governor Kristi’s 1st rodeo as per shooting pets
and or farm animals.

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

66. A person that can't train a dog

shouldn't be in charge of anything of importance.

[ismnotwasm]

68. She used a fucking SHOTGUN?

I thought these gun nuts had better hardware available to them.

[IronLionZion]

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

so that's why Republicans need assault rifles with high capacity magazines.

[ismnotwasm]

78. Ugh.

Just..ugh

[catbyte]

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

A quote from a Raw Story article on it says everything about her:

"The fact is, South Dakota law states that dogs who attack and kill livestock can be put down," claimed Noem. "Given that Cricket had shown aggressive behavior toward people by biting them, I decided what I did. Whether running the ranch or in politics, I have never passed on my responsibilities to anyone else to handle. Even if it’s hard and painful. I followed the law and was being a responsible parent, dog owner, and neighbor. As I explained in the book, it wasn't easy. But often the easy way isn't the right way."

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Kristi, ASSHOLE, that pup didn't "attack livestock" and what creature wouldn't be aggressive around an evil thing like you? I'm sure she abused that poor pup prior to murdering it. And what about the goat? Was it also "attacking livestock?"

She's obscene.

[Aristus]

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

It's what happens when you double down on an intentionally cruel political agenda.

[Turbineguy]

76. Trump did not shoot a puppy

and killed a million Americans. Just think of how many more millions could die.

[struggle4progress]

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

[EndlessWire]

80. She's too stupid

to be a leader of anything. Didn't she say something about us not knowing the difference between a farm animal and a pet? That it's okay to shoot farm animals? Well, we know the difference between cold-hearted bitches and people fit to be in office.

Dogs mature at different rates. If the puppy had a high prey drive, rehome it. And, who the hell claims to be a farmer, has goats and doesn't know anything about them? She just wants to compete with those Trump boys, who shoot big game animals for no reason other than the thrill of killing. That's so disgusting. I don't understand why she's bragging about this stuff.