{"id":44034,"date":"2024-05-06T10:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/kristi-noem-joe-bidens-dog-commander-should-be-put-down-opponent-who-shot-and-killed-her-own-dog-suggests\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:29:51","slug":"kristi-noem-joe-bidens-dog-commander-should-be-put-down-opponent-who-shot-and-killed-her-own-dog-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/kristi-noem-joe-bidens-dog-commander-should-be-put-down-opponent-who-shot-and-killed-her-own-dog-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem: Joe Biden’s dog Commander ‘should be put down’, opponent who shot and killed her own dog suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Biden’s dog – which has bitten US Secret Service staff several times – should be put down, a political opponent, who wrote about shooting her own dog, has suggested.<\/p>\n

Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor<\/strong><\/a>, who is being vetted as a candidate for Donald Trump’s vice president<\/a><\/strong> in November’s election, admitted shooting and killing Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, more than 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

In her memoir, due to be published this week, the Republican reportedly details how she killed the “extremely dangerous” puppy after the animal attacked and killed a neighbouring family’s chickens.<\/p>\n

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In an interview on Sunday, she suggested the US president<\/a><\/strong>‘s German shepherd, Commander, should meet the same fate.<\/p>\n

She told CBS News’ Face The Nation: “Joe Biden’s dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people. So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog and what to do with it?”<\/p>\n

When asked by host Margaret Brennan, who pointed out the animal no longer lived at the White house, whether she was suggesting the dog should be shot, Ms Noem said: “That what’s the president should be accountable to.”<\/p>\n

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In her book, Noem reportedly describes Cricket as “less than worthless” and “untrainable”.<\/p>\n

After having shot her dog, she reportedly killed her family’s goat, which she called “nasty and mean”, The Guardian, which had an early copy of the book, reported.<\/p>\n

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The governor, who has often defended her actions, despite widespread criticism, again justified her decision in Sunday’s interview, saying: “I made a difficult choice. I think you’re a mother, too. And you have little kiddos.<\/p>\n

“Would you make a choice between your children or a dangerous animal? And I think I would ask everybody in the country to put themselves in that situation.”<\/p>\n

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Asked why she did not take the dog to a shelter instead of killing it, she said Cricket was “a working dog” who “had come from a family that had already had issues with this dog”.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t ask somebody else to take that responsibility for me… I had to make that decision myself,” she added.<\/p>\n

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Mr Biden has not commented.<\/p>\n

Sky News reported the US president’s<\/a><\/strong> German shepherd was removed from the White House<\/a><\/strong> last October after he bit a female officer, resulting in her needing medical treatment<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Commander bit staff at least 10 times in one four-month period<\/strong><\/a>, according to Department of Homeland Security records.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden’s previous pet, another German shepherd named Major, was sent to live with friends in Delaware<\/a><\/strong> after some biting incidents of his own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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