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Noem says she shot ‘extremely dangerous’ dog to protect her children
The Hill ^ | 05/02/2024 | TARA SUTER

Posted on 05/02/2024 7:06:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), who has been under the microscope this week for an anecdote about killing her dog, defended her actions Wednesday, saying she shot the “dangerous” pup in order to protect her children.

“It was a dog that was extremely dangerous,” Noem said Wednesday on Fox News’s “Hannity.” “It had come to us from a family who had found her way too aggressive.”

“We were her second chance. And she was — the day she was put down was a day that she massacred livestock that were part of our neighbors,” she continued. “She attacked me. And it was a hard decision.”

Noem added that she had to make a choice between “keeping my small children and other people safe, or a dangerous animal, and I chose the safety of my children.”

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To: Williams

“Not too many dogs can take down a cow”

Rural drop offs in Tennessee are quite common. The dogs end up at dumpster sites, where they get together with other drops, an alpha... form a little pack three or more and they’ll take out a calf no problemo, goats, sheep. Pigs? Sure. My sister deals with this, and now coyote’s are also an issue.

The hubster went night vision a few years back. I sent my nephews over to show him the ropes on that technology. It’s worked out better than farmhand plinking with the lever action.


101 posted on 05/02/2024 7:51:20 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: All

She was picked due to her Gender and looks.

A cautionary tale of Michael Steele.


102 posted on 05/02/2024 7:51:30 AM PDT by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: gundog
My point is that, once Noem's image starts to sag, the dog who killed a few chickens becomes the dog that kills livestock.

As Dana Perino said last night on The Five, it's not that Noem had to put down a dog causing problems. It's that she made light of it in her book.

Noem laughs about it until she gets some blowback. And now the dog kills "livestock" and threatens children.

103 posted on 05/02/2024 7:51:46 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Don’t worry, noem fans... She is still attractive and has breasts, a decent ass and other lady parts. There is still a chance she can be VP.


104 posted on 05/02/2024 7:51:57 AM PDT by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

No one ever saw ol’ yeller?


105 posted on 05/02/2024 7:53:31 AM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
“This was the DUMBEST thing to put in a Memoir! Who WANTS to remember something like that?”

It is amazing how something will strike a chord and generate response.

Senator McGovern wrote in his book about his aircraft sport-shooting Italian civilians on a bridge during WWII - a war crime.

This was barely talked about during his political career; mentioned only here and there and no real condemnation as far as I remember.

When a Republican puts a dog on a car top, the roof caves in.

We got to remember those rules.

106 posted on 05/02/2024 7:53:46 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Williams
Don't try to be a mind reader. Did I say that?

I know that once the dog tastes blood, something needs to be done about the dog. I also know that you don't mess with an untrained dog when food or prey is involved.

107 posted on 05/02/2024 7:53:54 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: szweig
Everybody knows what’s best..........

You got that right. You don't shoot a dog in the head and then brag about it unless you want to be Vicked for Life. Everywhere she goes for the rest of her life she will be know as a puppy killer.

108 posted on 05/02/2024 7:54:02 AM PDT by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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To: All

She bragged about it because she believes it showed leadership.

Training the dog would’ve demonstrated a modicum of competency.


109 posted on 05/02/2024 7:54:49 AM PDT by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: Fairhairedboy

She wasn’t selected for her brains.


110 posted on 05/02/2024 7:56:10 AM PDT by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://youtu.be/B9mnMmcDTP0?feature=shared

This is our latest video. Dog attack on one of our steers


111 posted on 05/02/2024 7:56:38 AM PDT by kjam22
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And the whiners continue to whine ...


112 posted on 05/02/2024 7:57:33 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She shot ‘extremely dangerous’ dog to protect her children

Not a problem the whiners will say it’s better they became dog food.


113 posted on 05/02/2024 7:58:16 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Exactly. Whether she was justified or not, she now is known as the puppy-shooting governor. I don’t think you could dream up a better parody of an attack campaign.


114 posted on 05/02/2024 7:58:28 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Striperman
Is Atticus Finch now a bad guy for shooting a rabid dog in To Kill a Mockingbird?
115 posted on 05/02/2024 7:58:51 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: z3n
Why is it so easy for the media to SarahPalin republican women?

Because the feckin' idjits on this forum, and similar places, join in.

Because they're feckin' idjits.

116 posted on 05/02/2024 7:58:52 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: refreshed
Actually, no, she should have eaten the dog, or given the carcass to someone who would. Wasting food? Think of all the starving children in India.

Obama wouldn't have made that mistake.

/s

117 posted on 05/02/2024 8:00:35 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: metmom

“This is just a hit piece on Nork to try to ruin her”

No Kristi Noem did that to herself. I’ll give her credit for telling exactly what happened but unfortunately she also explained that she knows nothing about hunting, hunting dogs or livestock in general. She also revealed she has a temper, lack of patience and not much empathy. So at least now we all know.


118 posted on 05/02/2024 8:03:14 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: NorthMountain
Because they're feckin' idjits.

Shoot a dog in the head and brag about it and you are marked for life. Support the idjit that shoots the dog in the head and then brags about it and you're off my Christmas list. Noem's toast.

119 posted on 05/02/2024 8:06:19 AM PDT by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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To: gundog

Let me add that, if a dog kills a neighbor’s chickens, the first question is, “Why is that dog loose?” That’s on Noem.


120 posted on 05/02/2024 8:07:18 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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