Kristi Noem is considered Donald Trump’s potential running mate in the presidential election campaign. She makes a name for herself again with a bloody proposal.
The Republican governor of the US state of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, recently caused a stir in which she described how she shot her dog, Cricket. She is now following up with the broadcaster CBS and would also like to see Joe Biden’s dog dead. After all, the First-Dog Commander has already bitten 24 times. It’s time to make “a decision” about him.
Kristi Noem, 52, is governor of South Dakota. According to her profile on the state’s homepage, she works as a rancher, farmer and small business owner. She has three children with her husband Bryon. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from South Dakota State University.
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She began her political career as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2007. Three years later, she was elected as a member of the US House of Representatives for her state. Since 2019, she has been the first woman to serve as governor of South Dakota.
In the past, Noem has primarily distinguished herself as an anti-abortion activist. After the legal blanket right to abortion in the USA, she caused a stir. “Every single life is precious,” the Republican replied when asked whether an underage rape victim should have the child. “I don’t believe a tragic situation should be perpetuated by another tragedy.”
In this year’s presidential election campaign, Noem is seen as a contender for the role of former Republican President Donald Trump’s so-called running mate, i.e. as a possible running mate.
Got the dog
With her descriptions of animal killing, she probably wants to promote her book on the one hand and, on the other hand, want to gain a profile as a decisive politician.
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The British Guardian quotes from her as yet unpublished work “No going back” (in German, for example “There is no turning back”). In it, Noem explains that she actually wanted to train her dog, Cricket, to hunt pheasants. The approximately 14-month-old dog was too impetuous and tended to scare the birds away. In addition, Cricket also killed chickens on a neighboring property “like a trained assassin” and also snapped at Noem herself. So she shot the dog.
According to the Guardian, she wanted to use such descriptions to underline her willingness to do “difficult, messy and ugly” things as a politician if necessary. She then proceeded in a similar way with a “bad and mean” goat that, on the one hand, chased Noem’s children and, on the other hand, smelled “disgusting”.
After the Guardian article was published, Noem defended himself several times on Platform X, formerly Twitter. “We love animals, but on a farm difficult decisions like these have to be made again and again,” she wrote. “Unfortunately, a few weeks ago we also had to kill three horses that had been with our family for 25 years.” Ultimately, the goat’s death was a question of safety for her. She only had the choice between her children and the animal, so she chose the goat.
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Source: Stern
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