# Fuck Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem (descriptions of animal cruelty in OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 27, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808 "2024-04-27T00:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/61 "2024-04-27T15:28:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Unless it’s done by him in the middle of Fifth Avenue. Here’s the thing right, his political career has a better chance of surviving him shooting a _human_ in the middle of Fifth Avenue than it does him shooting a _puppy_ in the middle of Fifth Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/62 "2024-04-27T15:28:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m in agreement with those who say there’s no political sensibility on display here. I wonder if the calculation is that as VP, she’d be impeachment insurance. Nobody would want to get rid of Trump if the option is someone even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/63 "2024-04-27T15:35:16Z")
First of all, @Moriarty, that is a killer joke. If there’s an award for meme of the year, that has my vote. Secondly, there’s something about this story that’s been nagging at me. First, the dog allegedly kills some chickens. Do we know for sure that Kristi didn’t do it? Start small. Then kill the dog. Then the goat. This sounds a lot like a satanic ritual. Is this how she became governor? Working her way up the animal size chart until she got Satan’s attention? Thank goodness the goat worked; it might have taken her forever to find a panda in South Dakota. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/64 "2024-04-27T15:37:51Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > impeachment insurance Impeachment would require a majority of GOP lawmakers to suddenly grow a conscience and a spine, Trump has more chance of being struck by a unicorn than that More likely (though not that likely) to me is the scenario that come convention time Trump is staring down multiple felony convictions and is behind in swing states by double digits. In that case the GOPs survival instinct might kick in and they will start thinking about someone else, the VP pick being an obvious choice. Unless of course the VP pick is an admitted puppy murderer. That right there might be a reason for Trump to choose her Though again the Occam’s rasor explanation is this is what happened, and she is a psychopath who doesnt understand that to non-psychopaths this is a truly horrific story that makes her look (accurately) like a god-damned monster. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/65 "2024-04-27T15:41:17Z")
Good point about impeachment, but it could also work for 25th ammendment removal. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/66 "2024-04-27T15:42:06Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > > [@Jackmannii](#): > > > > Noem has probably enhanced her reputation with Trump voters through these revelations. > > I just don’t think so. As @Spoons pointed out, there are certainly people of the faux manly type who are a-okay with such an act. But I think she seriously miscalculated how much most people, MAGAs included, love dogs. There’s a reason you just can’t kill the dog, not without a specific plot need, in movies. You can annihilate a whole town, but the dog has to make it out alive. > > Sure there are farmers who might disapprove of the method but otherwise not be particularly moved. But I think that’s of subset of farmers, who are already a small minority (1% maybe). I’m going to go out on a limb and speculate that 95% (or more) are horrified by someone shooting a puppy in the face with a shotgun. > > That picture of Cricket makes me so sad and angry. What a sweet face. I agree. I’ve already seen tweets from ultra-hardcore MAGAs who are completely disgusted. Her VP hopes are dead in the water. Even Trump understands a concept as simple as “people like dogs.” ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/67 "2024-04-27T15:43:31Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I just don’t think so. As @Spoons pointed out, there are certainly people of the faux manly type who are a-okay with such an act. But I think she seriously miscalculated how much most people, MAGAs included, love dogs. There’s a reason you just can’t kill the dog, not without a specific plot need, in movies. You can annihilate a whole town, but the dog has to make it out alive. Yeah, I’m sure that in her mind this anecdote is meant to contrast her heartland values and rugged determination against the weak wristed wokeness of the coastal elites. But she killed a dog. Full stop. That’s where the story ends for 90% of readers. Maybe (?) this has some resonance with some rural voters, but Trump has them locked up already. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/68 "2024-04-27T15:46:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I agree. I’ve already seen tweets from ultra-hardcore MAGAs who are completely disgusted. Her VP hopes are dead in the water. Even Trump understands a concept as simple as “people like dogs.” These are MAGAs. If Trump tells them tomorrow that he likes Noem, these same people will say they have always liked and supported her. Because we have always been at war with Dogasia. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/69 "2024-04-27T15:47:16Z")
This was her response on Twitter: > I think it reiterates that she is a psychopath who is now shocked that the rest of the world is not also populated by psychopaths. There is absolutely nothing in that story that’s just ordinary goings-on on a farm that naive city dwellers don’t understand ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/70 "2024-04-27T16:10:31Z")
Simple curiosity: What crops are produced by her farm? Does she milk goats on her farm? Is that the farm part? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/71 "2024-04-27T16:16:36Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Expect to see a dramatic re-enactment in an upcoming campaign ad. If it’s a pro-Noem ad, it’ll probably end with her blowing the smoke out of the gun barrel and then giving the camera a satisfied look. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/72 "2024-04-27T16:25:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > I agree. I’ve already seen tweets from ultra-hardcore MAGAs who are completely disgusted. Her VP hopes are dead in the water. Even Trump understands a concept as simple as “people like dogs.” > > These are MAGAs. If Trump tells them tomorrow that he likes Noem, these same people will say they have always liked and supported her. Because we have always been at war with Dogasia. These are influencers that make money on social media. They have to maintain their own online identity as well. You underestimate how much Trump is influenced by those he sees as his people. It’s not like he has a bunch of his own ideas. If a large vocal part of his base is disgusted by her he’s not going to spend time defending dog murder. He’s going to pick a different sycophant. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/73 "2024-04-27T16:26:19Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > She’d leave the house to go to work at 7am, chained the dog up outside, would go to her boyfriend’s house after work and would not get home until around 11pm when she **would finally bring the dog in**. But there is the difference, The neighbor’s dog was outside 24/7. Alone. It was not a “pet” so much as a fixture (because, everyone else in the neighborhood had one), a burglar alarm, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/74 "2024-04-27T16:26:47Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Noem has probably enhanced her reputation with Trump voters through these revelations. Half of America is currently rationalizing that shooting puppies is the best way to own the libs and show what Real America is made of. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/75 "2024-04-27T16:28:10Z")
Here’s what really bothers me about Noem’s awareness on the topic. Politicians always play to their base like when Alabama governor Kay Ivey said her state was proud to be racists. Now South Dakota governor Kristi Noem supposes that her base supports shooting puppies in the face. If I were a South Dakotan MAGA, I’d be really disturbed that that. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/76 "2024-04-27T16:28:35Z")
_“South Dakota’s governor said her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter has several guns and a pony.”_ May be worth checking to see if the little girl still has _both._ ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/77 "2024-04-27T16:29:04Z")
BREAKING: The AP has just released never-before-seen video of Noem taking Cricket to the gravel pit to put him down: > **[The Wizard Of Oz \_ You Came Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTeYSZ4EyVg%2F)** > > Toto escapes from Miss Gulch and certain death. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/78 "2024-04-27T16:29:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Simple curiosity: What crops are produced by her farm? Pre-tenderized puppy brains ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/79 "2024-04-27T16:32:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Noem killed her daughter’s beloved pet without consulting her daughter or in any way preparing her for it. Hey, a mom’s got to teach her kids how to deal with life, make them strong! No sappy whining about some stupid dogs allowed. /s ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808/80 "2024-04-27T16:32:59Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Expect to see a dramatic re-enactment in an upcoming campaign ad. The sad part is if it shows the puppy wearing an “I’m an illegal immigrant” tshirt and voting for Biden and **then** she shoots it, she will get more votes for her and Trump in 2024. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808.md?page=5)