Did she suspect that her revelation would cause such a backlash? By trumpeting that she had killed her dog, Kristi Noem, tipped to be Donald Trump’s running mate, shocked the United States. A more than risky bet in a country that cherishes canines.
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It is in his upcoming memoirs, obtained by the Guardianas the Republican governor of South Dakota writes: she shot and killed Cricket, about a year and two months old, because she was “indomitable.”
“I hated this dog” who had notably ruined, she says, a pheasant hunt because she was overexcited, then had killed chickens. The only solution, according to Kristi Noem: a gun.
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“It wasn’t pleasant, but it had to be done. And once I was done, I realized that another unpleasant job had to be done.
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There was indeed one goat left to slaughter, she explains without blinking. The goat being “nasty” and smelling bad (a “rancid” and “disgusting” smell), it was his turn to pass from life to death.
“Ditch”
In the midst of the campaign for the November presidential election, the news provoked a deluge of reactions in the political class, on social networks and on talk show sets.
Not only because dogs occupy a special place in the lives of many American families, but also because the name Mme Noem regularly comes up when potential vice-presidential candidates are mentioned to accompany Donald Trump in his race for the White House.
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The team of Democratic President Joe Biden, his rival, jumped at the opportunity, publishing a photo of the governor with Mr. Trump. “Kristi Noem brags about shooting her puppy,” the team proclaimed on X.
As for the Lincoln Project, a coalition of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump, it recalled that the latter had been “the first president” in several decades “not to have a dog in the White House” — almost a sacrilege.
The Democratic governors of Minnesota and Michigan, Tim Walz and Gretchen Whitmer, tried to start a trend on they wrote, sharing photos of themselves with their animals.
“Cruella”
And on the talk show set The Viewthe presenters had a blast.
“The only woman I know who shoots dogs is Cruella, and she’s a villain in a Disney movie,” said one, while another recalled that “sometimes, dogs, they are like your children. These are your fur babies.
In her book, Kristi Noem justifies telling the story of how she killed Cricket to show that she is willing, in politics and in her life, to do what is necessary, even if it is “ugly” and “difficult.”
On Sunday, she wrote on
“As I explained in the book, it wasn’t easy. But often what is easy is not the right thing to do,” she continued.
Without really managing to convince.
Hillary Clinton, unsuccessful Democratic candidate against Donald Trump in 2016, republished on Monday on
