cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20120801

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.

  • Maalus@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    After the dog bit her and killed animals. I won’t repeat myself, since I said everything and yet you don’t read it. You say that people in agriculture / rural areas treat dogs differently (which again, is not a distinction between rural and urban, it is a distinction between working dogs and pets). Yet you still want this to be about “cruel monster shoots dog cause she wants to kill”.

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      6 months ago

      No, you won’t repeat yourself, especially to me, because you’re on the ignore list. Have a nice day, sweetheart.

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        6 months ago

        Boo hoo, reality hurts and that poor puppy. I’d love to live in such a bubble as you do.