Kristi Noem fondly recalls the day she killed her dog

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This has to be one of the weirdest political miscalculations of recent times. Even worse than Elizabeth Warren trying to appeal to Latino voters by saying "Latinx".

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Even the Babylon Bee is going after her for this! https://babylonbee.com/news/after-learning-she-killed-her-puppy-dr-fauci-endorses-kristi-noem

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Even the Babylon Bee is going after her for this! https://babylonbee.com/news/after-learning-she-killed-her-puppy-dr-fauci-endorses-kristi-noem

Other than the headline, that is one of the worst pieces of satire I've ever read.

Agreed but it's the post-2016 Babylon Bee so that's par for the course.

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Another thing worth noting is that, while political nerds are very familiar with Noem, this story has ballooned to the extent that this is probably how many people are learning of her for the first time.

Has anyone kamikazed their career so hard and so fast ever before?

Everyone remember the ad:
“I’m not a witch… I’m just like you.”
Because GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnelll practiced Witchcraft earlier.

Bad example. While that was a terrible ad she had no chance to begin with, and that ad had little effect on her poor performance.