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I have ZERO problem with Kristi Noem--ZERO
Sorry, you like rabid dogs more than unborn children
and you imply I have a problem!
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Kristi Noem castigated for putting down violent animals. No outrage for murder of the unborn
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Sorry, you like rabid dogs more than unborn children
and you imply I have a problem!
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Not everyone objects to killing puppies. I get it. Maybe you'd have better luck just making up things and pretending other people believe them.
Or have you already thought of that?
Well, I suppose that could be a problem for you, yes.
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Today's winner. This is why people who are cruel to animals will inevitably be cruel to people when they think they can get away with it.
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It keeps getting stranger...
In the embargoed copy of her memoir that the Guardian obtained, Noem was quoted as having written, “I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”
There is so much wrong with that passage, and not even because it never happened.
Pretending that a global villain like Kim would give a second thought to an obscure American congresswoman is narcissism at its most delusional. But to throw her own pastoral ducklings under the bus by comparing them to a murderous dictator? That’s harsh. (Not puppy-killing harsh, but still.)
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On Tuesday, when “No Going Back” became officially available, I downloaded it on my Kindle. Noem’s face-to-face Kim Jong Un fantasy was nowhere to be found.
That Kim anecdote, however, is not the only one Noem has been accused of making up.
Other challenged tales include her assertion that she canceled a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in 2023 after he said something she considered to be anti-Israel and pro-Hamas, and her report of what she called a “threatening” phone call during the pandemic from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, then contemplating a run for president.
Macron’s office told the Associated Press that Noem had never been invited to meet him, although, it conceded, it was possible they’d been scheduled to attend the same event in Paris.
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As for the call with Haley, writes Noem: “It was clear she wanted me to know that there was only room for one Republican woman in the spotlight. It was weird.”
Haley’s representative disputed Noem’s account, telling Politico that Haley, a former governor herself, had called Noem to offer support during the pandemic. “How she would twist that into a threat,” said Haley spokesman Chaney Denton, “is just plain weird.”
Sunday, Noem doubled down. “That story is absolutely true,” she told the hosts of “CBS Mornings.” “She’s a typical politician who says whatever she needs to on any given day to benefit herself.”
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On Monday, the day after her disastrous “Face the Nation” appearance, Noem was grilled by Elizabeth Vargas on the NewsNation network. Fortunately for Noem, her story about Cricket is no longer the big news. Unfortunately for Noem, interest now centers on whether she lied about staring down Kim Jong Un.
“When this was pointed out, we made an adjustment,” she told Vargas. “That name should not be in the book and I am not going to discuss those personal meetings.”
“But clearly if you’ve taken it out of the book, it’s because it’s untrue,” said Vargas.
“I’ve given you my answer,” said Noem, “and no, that’s not the answer.”
“You recorded the audio book, you read this whole book out loud, why didn’t you take it out then?” Vargas pressed.
“Did you want to talk about something else today?” Noem asked.
What was she thinking? This is the kind of thing we've come to expect of Donald Trump. So maybe that's the plan.
In the embargoed copy of her memoir that the Guardian obtained, Noem was quoted as having written, “I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”
There is so much wrong with that passage, and not even because it never happened.
Pretending that a global villain like Kim would give a second thought to an obscure American congresswoman is narcissism at its most delusional. But to throw her own pastoral ducklings under the bus by comparing them to a murderous dictator? That’s harsh. (Not puppy-killing harsh, but still.)
...
On Tuesday, when “No Going Back” became officially available, I downloaded it on my Kindle. Noem’s face-to-face Kim Jong Un fantasy was nowhere to be found.
That Kim anecdote, however, is not the only one Noem has been accused of making up.
Other challenged tales include her assertion that she canceled a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in 2023 after he said something she considered to be anti-Israel and pro-Hamas, and her report of what she called a “threatening” phone call during the pandemic from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, then contemplating a run for president.
Macron’s office told the Associated Press that Noem had never been invited to meet him, although, it conceded, it was possible they’d been scheduled to attend the same event in Paris.
...
As for the call with Haley, writes Noem: “It was clear she wanted me to know that there was only room for one Republican woman in the spotlight. It was weird.”
Haley’s representative disputed Noem’s account, telling Politico that Haley, a former governor herself, had called Noem to offer support during the pandemic. “How she would twist that into a threat,” said Haley spokesman Chaney Denton, “is just plain weird.”
Sunday, Noem doubled down. “That story is absolutely true,” she told the hosts of “CBS Mornings.” “She’s a typical politician who says whatever she needs to on any given day to benefit herself.”
...
On Monday, the day after her disastrous “Face the Nation” appearance, Noem was grilled by Elizabeth Vargas on the NewsNation network. Fortunately for Noem, her story about Cricket is no longer the big news. Unfortunately for Noem, interest now centers on whether she lied about staring down Kim Jong Un.
“When this was pointed out, we made an adjustment,” she told Vargas. “That name should not be in the book and I am not going to discuss those personal meetings.”
“But clearly if you’ve taken it out of the book, it’s because it’s untrue,” said Vargas.
“I’ve given you my answer,” said Noem, “and no, that’s not the answer.”
“You recorded the audio book, you read this whole book out loud, why didn’t you take it out then?” Vargas pressed.
“Did you want to talk about something else today?” Noem asked.
What was she thinking? This is the kind of thing we've come to expect of Donald Trump. So maybe that's the plan.
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