A collective emotion. Friday April 26, 2024, The Guardian reported that Kristi Noem, tipped to be Donald Trump’s potential vice-president, had killed her dog. The animal was named Cricket and was approximately one year and two months old. An announcement that was going to be revealed in any case since the Republican governor of South Dakota recounted it in her memoirs. The work will be published on May 7, 2024. “I hated that female dog.” who had notably spoiled, she wrote, a pheasant hunt “because she was overexcited”. The chosen one decided to shoot him. “It wasn’t pleasant., but it had to be done. And once I was done, I realized that another unpleasant job had to be done.”, she remembered. In the midst of the campaign for the November 2023 presidential election, these revelations immediately caused a general outcry among the population and on social networks.
A sharp attack in return
In the remainder of his memoirs, entitled No Turning Back: The Truth About What’s Wrong in Politics and How We Move America ForwardKristi Noem told having killed a goat on his ranch, the same day as his dog Cricket. After missing the first time, Donald Trump’s protégé fired a second shot from her revolver. She described the animal as “unneutered and with a terrible smell who used to charge his children”. In opposition, dozens of elected Democrats, including governors, began posting a photo of themselves with their dog on social networks. “Dogs for Biden”, we can even discover on the campaign posters of the outgoing president. Former Barack Obama advisor turned podcaster Tommy Vietor described the governor as “Jeffrey Dahmer with veneers”thus referring to the famous serial killer and a recent scandal regarding cosmetic dental care by Kristi Noem. A bad buzz to deal with when 81% of Americans disapprove of the actions of the governor of South Dakota, according to a survey carried out by a Democratic company, New River Strategies.