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  Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book
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AuthorMartin Pengelly
News DateFriday, April 26, 2024 06:15:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionIn 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president, Richard Nixon stirred criticism by admitting receiving a dog, Checkers, as a political gift.

In 2012, as the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney was pilloried for tying a dog, Seamus, to the roof of the family car for a cross-country trip.

But in 2024 Kristi Noem, a strong contender to be named running mate to Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has managed to go one further – by admitting killing a dog of her own.

“Cricket was a wirehair pointer, about 14 months old,” the South Dakota governor writes in a new book, adding that the dog, a female, had an “aggressive personality” and needed to be trained to be used for hunting pheasant.

What unfolds over the next few pages shows how that effort went very wrong indeed – and, remarkably, how Cricket was not the only domestic animal Noem chose to kill one day in hunting season.

Noem’s book – No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward – will be published in the US next month. The Guardian obtained a copy.
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LPP:10973Patrick ( 1.7427 points)
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Tue, April 30, 2024 01:43:05 AM UTC0:00
I'm not sure if we have officially determined that this is the line yet
 
D:7CA Pol Junkie ( 5449.9307 points)
Tue, April 30, 2024 04:39:02 PM UTC0:00
Patrick: I think the good thing about this is that we know there is actually a line for Republican voters and it seems to be killing dogs. You'd think it wouldn't take that much but at least there is a line.

They are willing to kill people crossing the border, so I don't think Republican voters will vote any differently when it comes to killing a puppy. This is not a group of people where you would look for compassion and empathy.