‘Dumpster fire:’ Kristi Noem cuts book tour short after disastrous week

“The book rollout has been an unmitigated disaster, the worst I've seen in a while. In fact, I didn't even know it was possible anymore in American politics to have as bad of a week as Kristi Noem has had,” says Chris Hayes.
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#KristiNoem #Republicans #GOP

[@mrseanbob]

Cricket got some justice by ending Noem’s career

[@taiwant72]

very very true. RIP Cricket, you are a true hero

[@smoothpants]

Not yet. She's still governor.

[@fattyflamethrower]

As others have said, Cricket has his revenge. RIP to a good boy. He has done his civil duty from the grave(l).

[@YOUR-LOCAL13]

So where’s the justice for the hundreds of dogs killed in shelters every day?

[@DavidLecorchick]

@@YOUR-LOCAL13 Good question, and how about all the children who are hungry and being denied access to food (by the GOP, of course).

[@NewfieLawNerd]

What a psychopath

[@mr.v3061]

i hate that woman all the way from Belgium

[@roberthoward9500]

I genuinely think she is one. No one with normal human emotions could do what she did.

[@user-rv8zv7fl2s]

A sick woman.

[@jinbeam1501]

Hee voice gives her crazy away, & those horses had many more years left.

[@rockyroad-hq7hz]

The beginnings of a serial killer. All know serial killers start with animals. They all rationalize it like Kristi Noem! They blame the animals, because it was their fault they had to die.

[@ahwell9984]

Anybody seeing "a look of pure joy" on a puppy's face and reacting with "I hated that dog" is deeply monstrous.

[@JacoWium]

Indeed. That is severely disturbing. Who on earth did she think is going to read that and not want to retch with disgust?

DO YOU even know what type of dog was it ? YOu think it was a puppy or a tiny little dog ? are you saying You will pick a dog over your family Safety ?

[@bissonlouise9061]

It's unbelievable. The reading is chilling. How can any human being be so monstrous. She's as bad as the Orange Jesus. If not more.

[@peterbetts858]

@@JacoWium other rumpers /

[@peterbetts858]

@@bissonlouise9061 Jesus , thats blasphemey . u mean hitler , rite

[@williamreid6715]

Why did Christi Noem think killing a dog, a goat and 3 horses was a sign of a strong, valuable, tough personality? Instead she comes across as cold and heartless. Why would I want someone as emotionally untethered to reality to govern?

[@user-rk2ln9eb6q]

Cruella!

[@deaddropsd1972]

She’s delusional. Trying to be alpha male

[@gisellekavandi-kern4705]

Sign of a bully!

[@donivanpotter2762]

Because she's blind to her own cruelty. It's who she is at her core being.

[@adamvalerio1377]

I find it so satisfying that the trailer park trash persona even worms it way when they are rich and almighty. You can take Christi Noem out the trailer park, but you can’t take the trailer trash out of her!

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

Her cruelty is dwarfed only by her complete lack of self-awareness.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

Like all Maga Republicans

[@m.j.carlson8246]

Perfect MAGAt material.

[@serendipityshopnyc]

Seriously. How did she miss her uncle's telling her clearly that multiple people thought that little killing spree was nuts?

[@Richard-vh3uf]

Lack of self-awareness IS a trait of a psychopath, sociopath, narcissist. No conscience does that.

[@lissaslighthouse8475]

LIKE MOST PEOPLE IN THE MATRIX🤷🏼‍♀️

[@1957mattes]

If a 14 month old puppy cannot be trained, it says more about the owner than about the dog.🤔

[@StellaproSN2]

I bet the puppy bit her out of fear, poor puppy

[@chrisl7902]

How’s that saying go? ‘There’s no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners’.

[@loudgrape28]

Exactly! And if it really can’t be trained as a working dog give it to a family that doesn’t live on a farm

[@Redridge07]

@1957mattes It just says get a trainer.

[@karinaz8756]

Couldn’t be trained TO HUNT. The dog chased the pheasants away before she could shoot them. For that, she shot it.

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

If she's such a psychopath, that she's writing those horrible things in her book by choice, without any remorse, just imagine the things she did, that she won't admit!

[@KG-VanityInKnickers]

Since she quit the book tour and is now in a huff, I worry about the safety of the other animals on her farm!!

[@TheGiantKillers]

Last night she came out of her traile...I mean house, slammed the door, grabbed her publicist, went over the hill to the gravel pit. Everyone heard one shot and she came back without the publicist.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

Be worried about her kids if their 'uncontrollable' or her parents once they've outlived their uselfuleness

[@danarosesturgeon]

Right!!! Someone needs to save the rest!!!

[@higgs923]

All that plastic surgery for nothing!

[@mosshark]

It leaked into her brain.

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

Right?!

[@jedi10101]

coz it can't fix character flaw & her brain

[@ramencurry6672]

In South Dakota and rural America, it’s actually rare to see pretty ladies due to the extreme low population so all that make up probably helps with male voters

[@auntymarushkafah]

It didn't do her much good anyway.

[@tatankawhiteplume6038]

Im a native american from South Dakota and im glad the trash took itself out 😅😅😅

[@cb4664]

If you don’t mind, why did she get banned from native lands? And good job by the way. 😂

[@lucycan6363]

The truth always comes out.

[@tatankawhiteplume6038]

@@cb4664 cause she's saying the tribal governments are working with the cartels which is b.s. like everything else that comes out her mouth fr tho

[@JadusMoltriel]

I'm not from S. Dakota, but I'm another fellow Native who has enjoyed watching her bury herself. I'm Algonquin, from NY, btw. Glad you banned her from all the rez's, lol. Wish we could just ban her from America overall!

[@ntompkins]

@@cb4664why not Google it?

[@thiawroane]

Calling her a psycho is an insult to psychopaths

[@gripp9k]

Can we stop electing sociopaths? It seems like that should go without saying but... here we are.

[@jumaljohnson6096]

She needs to be investigated for Animal Cruelty, plain and simple.

[@herobrinenoch3522]

Absolutely she does!

[@jryecart8017]

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[@jamesonp3873]

Born and raised South Dakotan and am proud to have voted against her every chance I got. She has always been full of crap, but once she got on the MAGA train she went full cuckoo bananas.

[@williammccready7278]

It's definitely crazy to think that she was able to get enough double widers and boot scooters to elect her into office. I don't know much about her policies, which is obviously MAGA, but she certainly does know how to lie doesn't she? She's definitely home grown...

[@hippodinoreserve6090]

Please vote for the pro-abortion amendment that will be on your ballon in Nov. and thank you.❤🙏

[@marthamartha3222]

❤❤Thank you 🙏

[@Andrew_Warden]

Good judge of character. I wish there were more South Dakotans out there who voted against her and maga.

[@Swnsasy]

Is she still popular or anything you hear around town or local news about her?

[@citizensane4387]

Shocking how shooting a 14 month old dog wouldn’t go over well with the public, who would have knew? Everyone. Everyone on the left. Everyone on the right. Everyone not on the left or the right…lady, read the room

[@hippodinoreserve6090]

Janine Pirro looked furious talking about this story.

[@davidjohnston3044]

With big dogs 14 months is still a puppy. She could have hired a dog trainer. She could have rehomed the dog to a ranch out west where there were no chickens. She could have returned it to the breeder or turned it into the humane society. Instead, in anger, she shot the dog with BIRD SHOT!! Still angry, she shoots the goat with BIRD SHOT. That is like trying to drop an moose with a 22 rifle.

[@regenia8738]

That's a straightforward, fair, great assessment! I am glad you shared it!

[@adamcolbenson5638]

Obama ate a dog

[@kathleenroberts6931]

My horse 🐴 lived for 40 years 😮 She unalived healthy horses 😡

[@jaylu7021]

Even her own uncle thinks she is crazy. SMH.

[@umbertoverbita6653]

Her uncle suspects she is cold-blood murderer, a dangerous psychopat !!!

[@MsThebeMoon]

And she writes that in her book. 🤦‍♀ Could a human being be any less self aware?

[@burbanpoison2494]

If ANYONE'S 60-year old uncle from South Dakota thinks you're nuts... You're an almond joy.

[@GirmaKassa-ip7ht]

@@MsThebeMoonS.Dakota senator said that people know about it because of the witnesses. So the cat was out of the bag if she got selected to VP

[@marshwetland3808]

The fact that she wrote out his reaction as if it were nothing says a lot. Reminds me of Cory Legebokoff, a Canadian serial killer. The story of how he got caught is amazing. What he said, "I was beating a deer to death. That's what rednecks do for fun," and the rookie cop said something about how people who are violent to animals sometimes graduate to people. At that moment, Cody had already killed four women. That was also the end of it for him. He is in jail now. Reminds me of her quite a lot, though there's no sign she's killed any human beings. If I were her husband, I'd be a mite nervous by now.

[@peterjonas4971]

I'm so sick of these republicans saying they speak for "real Americans."

[@Jc-sd5xt]

As a republican she don't speak for me, I can understand having to put an animal down because of injuries but what she did was straight up animal cruelty

[@ttcc5273]

They think White Protestant Republicans are the only “real” Americans… yet they behave as if the Kremlin calls the shots 🤔

[@ytsux9259]

As a "fake" American, aka Asian American, I hate the "real Americans", aka Wmagas.

[@ytsux9259]

As a "fake American", aka Asian American, I absolutely dspse the "real Americans", aka Wmagas.

[@MS-ns2pj]

It’s never a good idea to judge an entire group of people for the actions of a few. Should I judge you based on the actions of ANTIFA?

[@dameoftruth4022]

That she thought it would be well-received is baffling.

[@DragonFae16]

She claimed she told the story because it showed she was willing to make the hard decisions. To me, it says she's a coward who loses her mind over anything that doesn't go perfectly her way.

[@DrummerMark20]

Why was should allowed to abort the tour? She should've been forced to carry it to term.

[@Im_No_One_2024]

I agree 👍 Biden / Harris 2024

[@f8ofk8]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@pineapple_pup]

👏 This. This was perfect 😂

[@kathryneschmidt7731]

HA!

[@alexandraschaal3676]

Beautiful 🤩

[@niclewis9610]

Vote out Kristi Noems into the political gravel pit.

[@jim-se5xc]

She gets off on it.

[@monkeylips4U]

Or a regular gravel pit.

[@pattibennett8774]

@@jim-se5xc I'm disturbed to think it, but I think you're correct in that assessment.

[@thenorthernspinozist397]

It says A LOT about the voters of South Dakota that they elected her in the first place! She was probably always this dumb. Clearly not ready for big time.

[@chonqmonk]

Yeah, there's no going back...

[@citizensane4387]

4:40 “Why am I being treated differently than every other person that you’ve interviewed?” 4:47 “I’m quoting you!” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@francesmcstay]

So unreal! Every guest who goes on a book tour gets asked questions about (wait for it)... their book. How is her treatment any different?

[@ecclairmayo4153]

​@@francesmcstay- exactly!

[@joeblog2672]

She's the real version of a 2016 SNL debate skit where Trump (Alec Baldwin) answers a moderator's question "Why do you feel you are being unfairly treated by the media?" Trump's response: "Because they are taking everything I do and everything I say on the campaign trail and put it on television". I think magaTs are so far gone that they really feel offended when anyone questions their legitimacy. They don't even try to BS their way through. They just whine and stomp. Such deplorables!

[@dougcummings6000]

How on God's Earth did the good people of South Dakota manage to elect this despicable person as their Governor?

[@johanjames4663]

THERE IS NO GOOD PEOPLE OR THERE WOULDNT HAVE VOTED FOR HER , SAME THING IN ARKANSAS FLORIDA AND TEXAS

[@lesleyheller2271]

When you get roasted on Fox "News" and you're a MAGA Republican, you are DONE!

[@MonCherry13]

😂 honestly is there anything worse?

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

​@@MonCherry13getting roasted on Newsmax

[@peterthompson8802]

"The one time I read the book..." 🤣

[@dbasix-ocho-zero-cinco]

@@mytruecrimelibrarynewsmax dude said she should come back in 10years

[@marydevonshire4655]

​@@dbasix-ocho-zero-cincoher plastic surgery won't last ten more years

[@ddigiorgio8438]

And this is why guns should not be in the hands of unstable or impulsive people!!!

[@Sunmoonstars748]

She gifted her 2 year old granddaughter a live pony and two pew pews 😮I'm sure that is not good sign

[@readmylisp]

Like Hunter Biden.

[@Toekneepowers]

You mean like them👉🏻🏳️‍🌈🧜‍♂️🏳️‍🌈🦄🏳️‍🌈🧞‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🧚🏿🏳️‍🌈

[@goodgrief88]

So no libs with guns?

[@MelioraCogito]

@@Toekneepowers ⇽ Don't you have Ukrainian soil to fertilise, tovarishch? I hear _Bunker Dedushka_ is now mobilizing school children…

[@ethanvilla4418]

I like how she stopped all interviews after being called out. I guess she isn't so tough without that gun? Justice for Cricket!

[@johnventura7741]

My good friend is a farmer on a working farm: thus far he has shot 0 dogs, 0 goats, 0 horses. Maybe he just hasn’t farmed long enough.

[@strathound]

She put it in the book, and then she READ IT for the audio book. She's a sociopath.

[@BenState]

psychopath; because she doesn't even realise it's a bad thing - thus in the book.

[@dielaughing73]

Then she even said that the lies about Kim Jong Un were "brought to her attention" and rectified, despite her (supposedly) writing it herself and *reading it aloud!!!*

[@kivimik]

Even read it aloud in a rather flat voice.

[@migmit]

Yeah; without it she could've blamed it on a ghostwriter (because come on, politicians don't write their books by themselves). But she read it and she didn't think it's in any way bad.

[@alexandraseelye3735]

Full on psycho

[@normanlaxton]

"The dog was extremely dangerous"... SHE is extremely dangerous!

[@anonymouslee8287]

Agree

[@StephenFlynn-xl2fw]

Did the dog have a gun?

[@rolandelliott]

Lots of Americans with guns are dangerous

[@cleverusername9369]

A 14 month old German Short-haired Pointer is not a terribly large dog. It's still a puppy, it's still growing and maturing. She has no business being anywhere near animals, guns, or a seat of power. She's a psychopath.

[@laurenfinucci7305]

🎯💯

[@ianstafford5996]

Why this woman not arrested and charged?

[@user-mt5zh2pz7q]

Never interrupt an opponent when they are making a mistake. -Napolean

[@jeffreybollman6186]

Great quote

[@Sem5626]

@@jeffreybollman6186 yeah a great quote that wasn't made up by napoleon lol i love the internet and quotes, people always get the person wrong

[@notnamed813]

Sheriff’s Coroner needs to sift that gravel pit for human remains.

[@billlaflaur1120]

Her dad died suspiciously

[@cactustree505]

😳

[@anneheimburger3186]

Scary.

[@caronstout354]

And open the cold missing persons cases...

[@blinky705]

Are any of her kids missing? Did they try to bite her?

[@mattlawson714]

She pretends like fake news is taking this story out of context, but when she further elaborates on it, it only gets more horrible.

[@ThruAWiderLens]

Her biggest problem is the story is "real" news.

[@P1Brand]

I was thinking the same thing. I thought her media tour of spin was disturbing when the reality of her own written word is even worse.

[@mattlawson714]

@@P1Brand it’s so bad. I’m only 35 and this is the worst press tour I’ve ever seen. She just continuously shoots herself in the foot. Oh well. Better than a puppy in the head!

[@sws212]

@@P1Brand She was contractually obligated to do those tours. Publisher probably decided it was too much of a dumpster fire and wrote it off as a loss.

[@typicalhguy9290]

Yes, you can't go around promoting the story yourself, and then blame other people for continuing to talk about it. Classic Orwellian doublethink.

[@carolynhenderson64]

She needs to be heading to jail.

[@drlnielsen]

Ranchers do not act like that!

[@PBAJ10]

Cricket's Revenge.

[@wendyhardin5259]

Madame Karma has taken up for Cricket and the goat.

[@HungVu-vs3dv]

She killed three horses

[@Jack0fAllTrades]

I have a feeling she killed more animals in the pit too 😓

[@HungVu-vs3dv]

@@Jack0fAllTrades I wonder how many grave pits in her farm?

[@LindaC-ze5ob]

♥️♥️😢

[@thomasdeas1941]

Almost half of the state refuses to let her on their property. Ask any real American, Native American.

[@thomasdeas1941]

Real Patriots.

[@RotisserieCrematorium]

Not Hatriots

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. 17%.

[@jinbeam1501]

Wow! I hadn’t heard that, what a freaking looser‼️

[@UMAMIMAMU]

I asked Hulk Hogan (another *real* American) if he'd let her on his property and he just wagged his finger and said "That's not gonna work for me brother!".

[@stevensica5918]

Another old saying: When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

[@lbccarpediem]

What a woman. It had to be done? Seek help immediately.

[@stevebergeson5897]

Noem is 52 years old. She tells more lies by stating she has been involved in shaping public policy for 30 years. 30 years ago she was 22 in college and ended up dropping out of college. How does that involve her in shaping public policy? She has been in public politics for 17 years. Another set of lies.

[@allisoneberle9467]

Maybe she shaped public policy by murdering a dog.

[@stewartrussell1951]

She obviously suffers with a terminal case Trump delusion...

[@Crmson117]

Every single voter shapes public policy in their own way, it's kind of insane to put it that way so no one does but that's not a lie. It's like a cashier saying they were involved with the finances of a multi-million dollar company. To say the best thing about her she's slimy but let's jump her for the right stuff.

[@dyerseve3001]

​@@Crmson117Right, and you know what happens when you claim to work in finance for a fortune 500 company and they find out you were actually a cashier at a gas station? You're fired for lying. This is just more evidence to put on the pile.

[@euroyankee2003]

She thinks "Real Americans" who live on farms and ranches are meeting with world leaders?

[@PinkIsTheBlondOfColors]

It's like she is proud of herself for shooting her poor dog! Seriously deranged behaviour!

[@joedaniels1597]

Why couldn't she give her away? This makes me wonder about her priorities. ​@reason6835

[@hypsyzygy506]

Pro Life? NOT.

[@auntymarushkafah]

It was Dangerous! It could have snapped at her when she tried to take its chicken prey away. She was TERRIFIED! /s

[@josephcox736]

​@@reason6835you're just chomping at the bit to go out and shoot a puppy, aren't you?!

[@nancyx6390]

She wasn't terrified....she hated the dog...the horses were old and she did not like the goat....so she took them to the gravel pit and shot them !!! She's a fricken cold blooded psychopath 🤨 it's in the book

[@donnajenkins4721]

Why isn't mainstream media also talking about the Indian tribes banning her for her disparaging and racist comments she has made about them?

[@ianmcknight3488]

The construction workers were worried, and they were right to be concerned. She a psychopath.

[@joestrat2723]

Rage-killing animals to calm yourself is one thing, proudly telling the world about it is another. Both are insane.

[@user-rk2ln9eb6q]

You know what they say of those who abuse animals!

[@WendySchroederDenverCo]

"Cricket was in the passenger seat, looking like she just won the lottery. The picture of pure joy. I hated that dog." The names that instantly came to mind are too vile to write here. Vile words for a vile person.

[@ThruAWiderLens]

Yes, she says the shooting was taken out of context. Yet she places it totally within context herself: Dog was really happy. She hated dog. She executed dog.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

That was her most chilling comment. The ruthlessness and cruelty of her soul on full display. She is another Jody Arias

[@natashatomlinson4548]

The words of a psychopath . Imagine how clueless you have to be to shoot the puppy to start with ….THEN imagine how clueless you have to be to think that the shooting of Cricket and the poor goat just being a goat ( and Cricket just acting like a poorly supervised puppy ) would make her look “ tough “….now imagine how clueless it would be for someone to read those words out loud ….NOW imagine how clueless you have to be to think you could talk your way out of it all. Narcissistic psychopaths like Noem really have never really understood the concept of empathy . Sure , she’s seen others do it and she’s learned how to pretend to be empathetic just in order to help her climb the ladder . But deep in her heart she really really really doesn’t understand what “ all the fuss is about .” She doesn’t understand people having empathy for a dog living in pure joy one second then dragged out and shot in the head the next . She doesn’t understand that it could’ve ALL been her fault - that she didn’t train and supervise the puppy , that she didn’t have it within her to understand that goats are goats and don5 have to act like you want them to act . Narcissists like her want everything around them to “ glorify “ them , whether it be living beings or property or whatever . Cricket and this goat were not glorifying her - so they had to go.

[@WendySchroederDenverCo]

@@natashatomlinson4548 I agree. What chills me is so many people deeply in the MAGA cult could see what she did as okay if Trump made her his VP choice. I don't think that will happen because even Trump supporters, in general, love their dogs. Trump knows not to choose her because it would be political suicide.

[@danielj.rodriguez8621]

Cruella de Vile

[@amys5715]

And in the end, sweet living creatures with no voice had the final voice. Rest in peace, babies.

[@King-oy4or]

Lock her up. That s insane

[@pisceanqueen1]

Noem: "Why am I being treated differently?" Interviewer: "I'm quoting you." 😮😂

[@liduck52]

"I was misquoted in my autobiography"

[@conqueringlion420]

Women gaslight fail

[@himhim6135]

@@liduck52 Which I read *myself* into an audiobook!!!

[@leewood729]

WHY hasn't the SPCA investigated this sadistic woman for animal abuse???

[@jenniferwellman5311]

Apparently, in South Dakota it’s allowed.

[@powbobs]

She’s rich.

[@Starting_anew]

Ask Michael Vick. She’s a white woman. Always harmless.

[@leslieortenzi8875]

Statute of limitations, unfortunately. 😢

[@cb4664]

In SD you can brutally end animals lives apparently. SMH.

[@Axel-im6si]

She cut the tour short? 😢 Brings a tear to the eye... 😂😂😂

[@damonpyles2800]

She put that in the book thinking it would be okay

[@OneEyeShadow]

No, she put it in her book thinking it would make her look good. _That's_ the crazy part.

[@CT-vm4gf]

I think it’s obvious that she is way more dangerous and unhinged than the animals she shot.

[@cactustree505]

the book ends with her taking herself to the gravel pit...oh wait that would require a conscious, something she's missing.

[@thomasmartin8202]

@@cactustree505 conscience.

[@shady-381]

Justice for crickett .

[@johanjames4663]

no shes not. she just like all the rest

[@joromo]

"I hated that dog, so I shot it" Is the worst thing to write and say. Crazy.

[@JacoWium]

She thought that was going to impress the gun-happy hillbillies everywhere: Killing defenceless animals.. "Look at me, I'm a killa!!!" And oh, of course, she "stared down" Kim Jong Un. Such a wannabe tough cookie!

[@mister_manager]

It completely disproves the idea that she's willing to make the hard decisions-she wanted to shoot that dog (for exhibiting untrained puppy behavior), the same way she wanted to shoot the goat (for exhibiting ordinary goat behavior).

[@ToxicSkeptic]

"I hate babies so I aborted it" Women, am I right?

That's your words , NOT HER . Are YOU saying You will pick a dog over YOUR Family Safety ? You never heard of dog attack Children or even adult ?

[@f.miller9522]

Did the dog have a trainer? Could she have given the dog to someone who was willing to train it. I've put down a dangerous dog. I didn't hate her. It was a very painful decision. We worked with her for years. I think it's the fact that she didn't try anything else. She just shot the dog.

[@lesterjeanpierre4343]

If there are any missing people in that area check the gravel pit

[@girldaddividendinvestor]

This is utterly insane. Even her voice is soulless. "Are you listening, Joe Biden?" 🤡🤡🤡

[@alimsolofodolo3494]

Isn’t that animal cruelty crimes. She should be charged and jailed

[@beaandjuno]

20 yrs ago, statute of limitations is up

[@dd4850]

Not where she’s from, no.

[@DeadPixel1105]

As others have said, statute of limitations. Also, with a decent lawyer, she can easily put forth the defense argument that the dog was aggressive and violent and had to be put down in order to protect her family.

[@derkeheath5172]

Over 600,000 dogs get put down in the U.S. every year...and a lot of them aren't even violent dogs. What she did is not a crime. Bragging about it is pretty demented, though.

[@tybo_g37s]

@@derkeheath5172 but it is a crime

[@poorthing]

When they tell us they are a psychopath..... BELIEVE THEM ..

[@marcktomas]

What do you call the people that vote for these Republican psychopaths?

[@debbiep99]

They are so comfortable she thought she would get away with that.

[@Ric0806]

Something is seriously wrong with that woman. 1) to think what she did was ok and 2) to think writing about it would have a positive outcome for her. SMMFH

[@neilcates3499]

Serial killer.

[@Sunmoonstars748]

Ask her about her 2 year old Gd with gifted 2 pew pews and a pony and about the poor neighbors cat

[@marcktomas]

Republican hero.

[@Jack0fAllTrades]

She’s unhinged just like Trump

[@PleaseDontEatAnimals]

Sadly, most people are serial killers. The average American kills 100 innocent animals per year. 😢 I don't support Kristi Noem in any way. She is cruel. That said, most people support shooting innocent animals in the head--they just do it vicariously and pay slaughterhouse workers to use the captive bolt gun. We humans don't need to eat other animals (in fact, vegans live on average 6♀️ to 10♂️years longer than animal eaters). And innocent animals do NOT deserve to be incarcerated, tortured, branded, castrated, and have their teeth and other body parts cut off (all without anesthesia), then killed at a fraction of their normal lifespans--many dismembered while still fully conscious--just for the pleasure of human taste buds. Everyone can make the choice to get out of an abusive relationship today simply by going vegan.✌🏽❤️🐕🐖🐈🐄🐣🐟🐬🐐🐑🦃🐢 To quote Alice Walker: "The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than Black people were made for Whites or women for men."

[@etherealenigma2008]

Noem seems to display the signs of a psychopath: absolutely no conscience, empathy or guilt. From the short paragraph of her killing her pets, it sounds like she went on an killing spree.

[@hypsyzygy506]

I'm not surprised the workers ran.

[@burbanpoison2494]

Whaaat? The people who separated children from their families and made a couple hundred kids disappear are capable of being cruel to a dog?? Oh. My. God.

[@mimig123]

Bingo

[@terrymckenzie8786]

Perfect running partner for Trump. Trump should just get a snake for a running mate.

[@edog6770]

Why is she touring for her book when she should be managing her state and being available and active for her job's duties?

[@kaf890890]

It just gets worse and worse! Incredible!

[@kaijusoursdanger]

can you blame Cricket for biting her? RIP Cricket Vote 💙 for Sanity and Animal Welfare

[@JordanHunter333]

My guess is that Noem either did, or attempted to strike and hurt Cricket while he was sitting in the front seat after the chicken episode, and "attacked" her as an act of self-defense.

[@TeeJayDeluxe]

Her ego, cruelty and lack of self awareness is staggering.

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

The ideal match for trump then. 😂

[@kbpeters4246]

This is the weird thing about MAGA; they think that the more cruel one can be, the more admirable they are. WHAT HAPPENED? Oh yeah....Trump.

[@chrissorensen9511]

. …says the person who has never lived outside a city and has let a commercial butcher do all their killing so they wouldn’t need to see it. You are SO soft. 🙄🙄

[@Asparagus777-hw5ft]

Sign of the times 🥺

[@kristinmcmahan8814]

@@chrissorensen9511 says the person who is so obviously clueless as to what this is actually about.

[@thanksgreenfield7365]

I cried when hearing that are you listening

[@jamiegallier2106]

Yikes. That was even worse than I heard…her uncle’s questions make it clear she did it more out of anger than some kind of weird ‘duty’.

[@lenitavanhoff2961]

The woman's a serial killer! From here in the UK, she would be charged as a criminal.

[@PleaseDontEatAnimals]

Sadly, most people are serial killers. The average American kills 100 innocent animals per year. 😢 I don't support Kristi Noem in any way. She is cruel. That said, most people support shooting innocent animals in the head--they just do it vicariously and pay slaughterhouse workers to use the captive bolt gun. We humans don't need to eat other animals (in fact, vegans live on average 6♀️ to 10♂️years longer than animal eaters). And innocent animals do NOT deserve to be incarcerated, tortured, branded, castrated, and have their teeth and other body parts cut off (all without anesthesia), then killed at a fraction of their normal lifespans--many dismembered while still fully conscious--just for the pleasure of human taste buds. Everyone can make the choice to get out of an abusive relationship today simply by going vegan.✌🏽❤️🐕🐖🐈🐄🐣🐟🐬🐐🐑🦃🐢 To quote Alice Walker: "The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than Black people were made for Whites or women for men."

[@euchrideucrow1970]

Absolutely! If she did that here she’d be arrested in a heartbeat and looking at a serious prison sentence. Utter psycho.

[@mikylak7983]

Well it's known that serial killers tend to start with animals, just say...

[@Lorrdd]

@@mikylak7983Actually that's a massive myth perpetuated by the media, like the "homicidal triad", doesn't exist.

[@MarkSmith-pb2ly]

In the UK, real criminal are let free.

[@niclewis9610]

Never underestimate Noems nihilism and bloodlust. It's pathological.

[@lightwillprevail]

A 14 month old dog is still a puppy and trainable

[@niclewis9610]

@@lightwillprevail 💯 agree

[@katherinemays3694]

A dog under 2 years is still a puppy. Are you from SD?

[@RotisserieCrematorium]

reason is not from SD more like vladivostok he usually says he's canadian

[@ThruAWiderLens]

@@reason6835 Full grown by, what, a month?

[@DavidPruitt]

The saying I would have gone with is "its better to stay quiet and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt"

[@caro.caro.9578]

Never take man’s best friend for granted! 🐶🐕‍🦺🐩🐾

[@martygould5114]

It's not longer a gravel pit, it's now a pet cemetery.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

*SEMATARY

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

*JUST KIDDING

[@marcusott2973]

You think they'll play the Ramones, in the dog and goat scene, when somebody decides to make a screen play out of this epic f-up.

[@drdellaman]

The most amazing thing about this story is how crazy she sounds, how clearly crazy everybody else thought she was, and the fact that, all these years later, she doesn't get it. Her judgement and state of mind were off then and they are still off. The woman is not right in the head

[@nonya.bizness]

you never discipline a child or animal in response to your own anger. even if you have to put an animal down, your only emotion should be profound sadness. "i hated it so i killed it" is psycho stuff.

[@jinbeam1501]

Totally ‼️ 🧟‍♀️Her frightening life less voice, & dead eyes pair well with that amount of psycho babble. Good job Build-A-freaking lunatic workshop👍🏻

[@kathrynwitte3398]

She looks like the kind of girl who dots her “i’s” with hearts… and as smart as one.

[@ceciliaboys612]

Time for psychoanalysis requirement for all state and federal candidates.

[@jillsouthers5916]

Noem's done. She has 2 more years in politics, then back to being a full-time Karen.

[@fatimamirza2100]

The “real Americans” will forget all this soon enough and re-elect her.

[@leifjohnson617]

Hey, let's not give all Karens a bad name!

[@MsThebeMoon]

Six out of nine tribes in South Dakota have her banned to go on their land and it has nothing to do with her book. But it does need to be reported.

[@ancientsage4071]

Agreed. I think she hates them more than Crickett. It would be nice if someone gave them a bigger voice.

[@typicalhguy9290]

She's had a battle going on with the native tribes for a while now, for various reasons. It doesn't help that she claimed they were involved in drug trafficking.

[@himhim6135]

"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels. " (from abcnews, May 12, 2024, 12:02 AM)

[@dr.jdvoice1518]

She even lied about cancelling a meeting with Macron.

[@Spyderredtoo]

One has to wonder what the people of her state were thinking electing her as their governor?

[@Edward-lf7ms]

NO BAD DOGS.....JUST BAD OWNERS 😢

[@Jack0fAllTrades]

👏👏

[@oleanderson1013]

Oh, there ARE bad dogs…..

[@TheSportsPROgram]

In this case a psychopathic coward one .....

[@Jack0fAllTrades]

@@oleanderson1013 show them love and guidance. They will change.

[@lynnjacobs2091]

@@oleanderson1013 NOT Cricket!! Convicted Criminal/Cricket's Killer 2024

[@stephenhicks826]

If the dog was so dangerous and unpredictable why was it sitting in the front seat next to her? Something's not right here.

[@LRandleIcon]

You know you trash when Newsmax dragging you...

[@ullaundenas9481]

That woman should NOT own a gun!!!

[@ohjoy6]

Or animals.

[@josephthousand51]

Wow this REPUBLICAN needs to go to JAILLLLL!!!

[@vitaminckillscovid103]

High up republicans and democrats are the same team

[@Sunmoonstars748]

She gave her 2 yr old gd 2 pew pews , that horrible

[@readmylisp]

Ask Hilary did she know Bill was Epstein's best customer . Go on ,I dare you.

[@kevinstrong8265]

She's as bad a s Bundy. Maybe worse?

[@cruisinguy6024]

FYI she likely did not break any laws shooting the goat and dog. She’s a horrible person, absolutely, but nothing to send her to jail - at least in this situation.

[@RockFan89]

"I hated that dog" Is that how she handles people who frustrate her?

[@KenneJ-bu7rr]

Karen torned a page 📄 or two out of that toxic orange playbook.

[@bluicarys732]

I dont want to pay for it, but i kind of want to see what else is going on in this book.

[@csu111]

She didn’t understand her hatred isn’t supposed to be directed towards animals…..

[@edvh88]

Loving dogs is practically the only thing we can all agree on. This woman is so out of touch. We love dogs more than people here in the US.

[@taiwant72]

this remark is oh so true; she has brought all Americans together.

[@katarinad1309]

I choose my dogs over most people so yeah very true lol. I have had dogs my whole life if my dogs don’t like someone they are not allowed in my house period.

[@nicoleclammer7036]

I miss my dogs so much, have their pawprints tattooed on my arm, RIP. Work schedule is too busy and crazy for dogs these days, but I love my cats so much.

[@serendipityshopnyc]

I'm a cat lover and not fond of dogs, but even I am appalled. You don't shoot an undisciplined young animal just for behaving like an undisciplined young animal. You either teach it to behave well, or give it to someone else who will teach and love it.

[@dannylarson8498]

But murdering babies for no reason is a Democrat thing.....sick Hypricrites....

[@customer5032]

She needs to be charged with animal cruelty, fined, and jailed.

[@olivka7560]

Vets in US have been euthanising these type of dogs every day for decades. I have heard of vets who committed suicide because they had to euthanise newborn puppies every day for months. This was a big problem in the US before. The dog would have been euthanised at that time if she gave it to the rescue. Alarmist immediately at that time.

[@terriseaton3049]

@@olivka7560Where can I read abt what you say?

[@j.j.9123]

Really? As a vet you can choose to post a policy that you don’t euthanize puppies or kittens unless they are in immense pain.

[@georgehaydukeiii6396]

I think it's a small step from killing animals, to eventually killing a person. In Kristi's case, this wasn't euthanization, this was flat out murdering an animal she didn't like! I'm sure she would do it to President Biden if she thought she could get away with it!

[@customer5032]

@@olivka7560 Completely false. Dogs are never, ever "immediately euthanized" at rescues. Veterinarians would never, ever euthanize healthy puppies or kittens. Stop spreading misinformation, and stop defending an animal abuser.

[@natehill8069]

I saw a dumpster fire once. Huge flames twice as tall as the dumpster itself, could feel the heat half a block away Very impressive. Ironically, it was right behind the firehouse. And traffic was stopped so the firetruck couldnt get out. Finally they used a ladder to flip the lid shut, they were steel back then.

[@tomc5803]

Speaking of dumpster fire , that's where msnbc belongs!

[@c.falcon5045]

'Real Americans that live on farms and ranches'...what are the rest of us? That lady is nuts!!

[@nw4042]

Guess we're a country made up by a vast, vast majority (roughly 98% of us) of fake Americans who don't live on farms.

[@cheryldebejare3570]

I can tell you when I lived on a farm no dog was ever shot. I found loving homes for any animals I decided I couldn't keep.

[@paulgibbon5991]

It's a dog whistle for "Trumplicans".

[@Karmazov]

So than in her views Trump is not real American. 😂😂😂

[@vhswan3833]

What kind of insane farm has a pre-dug out “gravel pit” for mass murders and burials of all the farm animals??? WHAT??? WUT?????

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

Only hers.

[@jnewcomb]

I have been on many farms in my youth. In South Dakota no less. Never saw a gravel pit. Gravel pile? Lots. Gravel pits? Not a one.

[@user-cv6lx5hs4t]

You've got to have the holes dug already. Otherwise you waste about 30 to 45 minutes digging a hole.

[@markmac2206]

The Sopranos farm.

[@gutterspeak]

GraveL pit.

[@roberthattery698]

Unbelievable?

[@proudam3969]

Kristi Noem should have kept that out of the book. Nobody likes her now they think she's evil. Did she really think people would like that story it's a bit creepy 🤣🤣🤣

[@christianmichael1970]

She says shes has been “Shaping policies” for OVER 30 years. Yet when fact checked, turns out her political career started 17 years ago as a state lawmaker in Pierre. She won her seat in congress 13 years ago in 2011. Another story of hers that doesn't add up.

[@charlieshort6394]

I replied to that last weekend. If she was counseling and setting the stage for foreign policy for 30 years, she would have been 24 years old when she started that career.

[@christianmichael1970]

​@@charlieshort6394 She says she has been in politics OVER 30 years in her book. When fact checked her career started 2007. Thats not OVER 30 years, its actually not even close. 30 Years would be the year 1994. Its simple math from her own book.

[@anitaevans5361]

So Kristi Noem has been in office since she was 22 y/o?? BS!!! 🚽

[@philarmstrong3765]

She must count voting as 'shaping policies.'

[@marcusgee3002]

I think she meant in dog years

[@shanahiggins4413]

Don't they have animal cruelty laws in her state? Talk about a confession!

[@suzanneengland8978]

It’s not animal cruelty to shoot your dog, I don’t think. However, her treatment of that dog prior to shooting it was cruelty. The dog nipped her for a reason. She’s straight up psycho.

[@user-cq3qm4ps3z]

Killing animals as she did is fully leagal in some backwards states..

[@kaijusoursdanger]

most states have animal cruelty laws under which she can be charged

[@boredgourd]

@@user-cq3qm4ps3zsad, but true.

[@alannothnagle]

I read that the puppy killing would have been a Class II misdemeanor under SD law, but Noem is protected by the statute of limitations.

[@georgefurman4371]

Trusting sociopaths in politics , as the gop consistently proved to be.,leads to insanity being normal in the USA.

[@ronanjt4972]

This woman is just "horrible" on steriods. A true GNOME 😅😅😅