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If you’re a dog lover (or a cat lover), there’s really only one choice on the ballot this November: Joe Biden. How owners treat their pets reveals much about their character. Joe Biden passes the test with flying colors, while Donald Trump gets an incomplete at best.
In recent days we’ve been deluged with stories about how South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a potential Trump VP pick, wrote in her soon-to-be-published book that she shot her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer pup Cricket. Cricket’s apparent sins were being overly enthusiastic, spoiling a pheasant hunt, and killing a neighbor’s chickens.
Noem said she “hated” Cricket because the pup was “untrainable,” “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with,” and “less than worthless … as a hunting dog.”
In the face of a growing backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike, Noem doubled down on Sunday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing that “people are looking for leaders who are authentic, willing to learn from the past, and don’t shy away from tough challenges,"
The Democratic National Committee issued a statement on behalf of “the dogs of the DNC, aka the Dogmocratic Party,” that read, ”As DNC’s canine companions, we’ve heard a lot from our owners about just how extreme and dangerous Donald Trump and his far-right MAGA allies are—but nothing could prepare us for the truly disturbing and horrifying passages Kristi Noem willingly chose to put in her new book. Our message is plain and simple: If you want elected officials who don’t brag about brutally killing their pets as part of their self-promotional book tour, then listen to our owners—and vote Democrat.”
And if you want to find a couple that are true blue dog lovers, then look no further than President Biden and first lady Jill Biden.
