South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’

South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’

The South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful Kristi Noem asked the American public to consider having to “make a choice between your children or a dangerous animal”, as she again defended her killing of a 14-month-old dog.

“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.

“Because that’s what I faced, and I talked about it because what I’m tired of in this country is politicians who pretend to be something that they’re not.”

Asked why she did not surrender Cricket to an animal shelter before killing the dog, about 20 years ago, Noem repeated her prior claims that the creature was simply untrainable, had tried to bite her, and might have bitten others.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58·
    8 months 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.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      21·
      8 months 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.