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Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s: ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’
The Guardian ^ | May 1, 2024 | Martin Pengelly

Posted on 05/28/2024 7:33:18 AM PDT by billorites

Mitt Romney may have infamously tied a dog in a kennel to the roof of his car for a cross-country trip but at least he didn’t shoot it, the Utah Republican senator said, as outrage over the South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem, telling her story of killing a 14-month-old hunting dog continued to ripple through US politics.

“I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me,” Romney said, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as reported by HuffPost.

Noem’s story of killing Cricket the dog – and an unnamed goat – is contained in her forthcoming book, the now somewhat ironically titled No Going Back.

The Guardian obtained a copy of the book and reported the story of the dog and the goat last week, setting off a political firestorm and casting into doubt Noem’s chances of being named Donald Trump’s Republican presidential running mate in this election, despite being one of his most enthusiastic acolytes.

“I hated that dog,” Noem wrote, after describing how Cricket, a female wirehair pointer, ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbour’s chickens.

Noem wrote that she took Cricket to a gravel pit and shot her. She then killed the goat – with two shotgun blasts separated by a walk back to her truck for more shells – in the same pit, because the goat smelled bad and was aggressive because it had not been castrated, the governor said.

Romney was the Republican nominee for president in 2012. During the campaign, he was dogged by controversy over the story of how he once transported a family dog, Seamus the Irish setter, on the roof of his car on a 12-hour trip, terrifying the animal.

His remark this week about not having eaten a dog

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1 posted on 05/28/2024 7:33:18 AM PDT by billorites
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To: billorites

No. He just terrified it enough that it ran away and died.


2 posted on 05/28/2024 7:34:46 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: billorites

Perhaps not, Mittens, but how many people did you de facto shoot when you were with Bain? What’s worse?


3 posted on 05/28/2024 7:35:18 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: billorites
“I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog.

What do you want, a cookie?

4 posted on 05/28/2024 7:37:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: billorites

Putting down a dog yourself used to be how it was done. Those days are gone.

One good thing happen. She crumbled under the pressure before being selected as a running mate.


5 posted on 05/28/2024 7:39:42 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: billorites

Her way was more humane.....................


6 posted on 05/28/2024 7:39:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: billorites

The fact that Romney is even addressing this story tells me that he is quite worthless as a senator, he has as much gravitas as a snail.


7 posted on 05/28/2024 7:40:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: billorites

Way to comment on hot button current events, there Mitt.

Only 3 weeks late.


8 posted on 05/28/2024 7:40:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: billorites

Well, whose do suffered the most?


10 posted on 05/28/2024 7:46:20 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: billorites
I would suggest that Romney quit sniping at fellow Republicans, and instead try to stop Biden from destroying the country.

Or is that too much to ask, Mr. Delecto?


11 posted on 05/28/2024 7:47:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: billorites

This is the kind of stuff for which he should be remembered. When his time comes, it should be prominent in his obituary.


12 posted on 05/28/2024 7:47:48 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: billorites

This is a new low for even a sniveling * like Milt.


13 posted on 05/28/2024 7:48:22 AM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: OKSooner

Getting funny right?

Reminds me of Liz on the way out.


14 posted on 05/28/2024 7:50:48 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: billorites
During the campaign, he was dogged by controversy over the story of how he once transported a family dog, Seamus the Irish setter, on the roof of his car on a 12-hour trip, terrifying the animal.

Mitt loved his dog.

It was the Irish he hated.

15 posted on 05/28/2024 7:51:47 AM PDT by x
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To: billorites

I didn’t know that Mitt Romney’s dog was named Scandal?


16 posted on 05/28/2024 7:51:54 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Dutch Boy; All
“If it has to be done, a man—a real man—shoots his own dog himself; he doesn’t hire a proxy who may bungle it.”

Robert A. Heinlein, in Starship Troopers.

Today, people who shoot their own dogs when it needs to be done are vilified and ostracized.

17 posted on 05/28/2024 7:52:02 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: billorites

We country bumpkins know that when a dog becomes dangerous and is unable to be controlled it is time to put it down. We don’t like the idea of a family member, neighbor, friend or child being mauled by a dangerous dog. Get over it folks.


19 posted on 05/28/2024 7:55:38 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand (Mp)
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To: billorites

Why are we obsessing over lawfully killed dogs when the USA is on a downhill slide?


20 posted on 05/28/2024 7:56:37 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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