The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s soon-to-be released book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In it, she tells the story of the ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting.
On the way home from the hunting trip, Noem writes that she stopped to talk to a family. Cricket got out of Noem’s truck and attacked and killed some of the family’s chickens, then bit the governor.
“At that moment,” Noem writes, “I realized I had to put her down.” She led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her.
She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it has to be done. But backlash was swift against the Republican governor, who just a month ago drew attention and criticism for posting an infomercial-like video about cosmetic dental surgery she received out-of-state.
Authoritarian virtue signaling.
I’m willing to murder my dog who else do you think I’m willing to murder? So how about you make me your VP?
No wonder the orange mobster is looking at her. She has the stuff to execute his problems.
“I hated that dog,” Noem writes, deeming her “untrainable.”
Sounds sane to me. Hating animals is cool.
I have a pretty close to untrainable dog (she basically flunked out of obedience training) because she’s incredibly stubborn and I still love her with all of my heart.
That’s the right answer. My kitties keep eating the flowers my partner brought home. We don’t get mad at them. They’re cats!
If I need to deploy the /s for you to know that I’m being absurd I can’t help you.
She killed her dog because she didn’t know how to train her dog
Tbh not many people out there know how to train dogs (or cats for that matter).
True, but they often send them back to where they adopted them from … when shelters are often overflowing.
Not really a distinction worth making when surrendering or adopting out a dog is just a pipeline to Euthanization anyways. This dog bit a human being, killed small animals for sport, it’s far too late to salvage.
Pro-life, unless they mouth off or something.
I grew up in the country, raised chickens with my folks, so I get that farm dogs are different than indoor pets, I’ve had to put down a few dogs in my day due to old yeller situations but I’ve never put a dog down for being a shitty dog trainer, something that Republicans seem to really love bragging about.
The point is to show she can intentionally and decisively be cruel and mean, especially to an animal under her custody. This is seen as a desirable character trait to Trump’s followers.
I mean SS troops had to kill the dog that they raised as a puppy through their entire training to prove their dedication to Hitler.
I think you’re thinking of Game of Thrones and the Unsullied. 😂
(In all seriousness I know this is an urban legend told about many different military organizations around the world. I don’t know if there’s any truth to it.)
Is there a source for this? Not disagreeing, I e just never heard this before.
