Almost 40 percent of South Dakotans say Noem shooting dog was justified
Nearly 40 percent of South Dakota residents said Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) shooting of her dog was justified after the governor faced backlash over sharing the story in her new memoir, according to a new poll.
About 38 percent of South Dakotans described the shooting of her nearly 14-month-old hunting dog as justified, while about 58 percent said it was not justified, according to a poll published by the Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy and co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch.
Noem, who was floated as a possible vice presidential pick for former President Trump, came under fire after an excerpt from her new memoir, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward,” revealed how she shot her dog Cricket many years ago.
The South Dakota governor said she shot the German wirehaired pointer on her property after taking it pheasant hunting. Noem said she “hated” the dog and claimed it was responsible for attacking a neighbor’s chickens and trying to bite her. She also wrote of shooting and killing a “nasty and mean” male goat that smelled and liked to chase her children, shortly after killing the dog.
Residents in the Mount Rushmore State varied in their views on the shooting based on their political party, per the poll.
Most surveyed Democrats, or nearly 90 percent, said the shooting was unjustified, while 22 percent of Republicans said the same. More than half of surveyed Republicans, or about 58 percent, said it was justified, while nearly 11 percent of Democrats felt the same.
The majority of surveyed independents — nearly 61 percent — said the shooting was unjustified, and almost 26 percent said it was justified.
Male residents were fairly split on the topic, with about 45 percent saying it was justified, 50 percent choosing unjustified and about 5 percent choosing undecided.
More females in the poll — 65 percent — did not think it was justified, while nearly 32 percent did.
“It’s not surprising, perhaps, that women were more critical of the shooting of the family dog, but half of men thought the same thing,” Michael Card, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of South Dakota, told South Dakota News Watch. “There’s a lot of room for the governor to grow, in terms of repairing her image.”
Noem faced a swarm of scrutiny earlier this month when multiple Democratic governors and conservatives condemned her for the pet killing. She defended her actions and said the incident and her willingness to share it were a testament to her authenticity and ability to make difficult choices.
The poll was conducted among 500 registered voters in South Dakota from May 10 to 13. Its margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
At the same time,
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state
(CNN) — All of South Dakota’s nine indigenous tribes have voted to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands.
On Tuesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe executive council ruled in favor of barring the Republican governor from its reservation.
In response to a request for comment on Wednesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe sent a readout of its president’s interactions with Noem ahead of the vote. Flandreau President Tony Reider called an emergency meeting last weekend in response to Noem’s comments, according to the readout. The meeting was “contentious at times, as some members vocalized their opposition.” After that Reider set up a meeting with the governor’s office, which took place on Monday. That conversation was “respectful and productive.”
“President Reider informed the governor that a ban from our territories is imminent and requested that the Governor refrain from making future blanket statements that offend the tribes within the boundaries of the State of South Dakota, some of which depend on state services for the needs of their people. It was recommended that the Governor clarify her statements and issue an apology to all tribal nations for the misunderstanding,” the readout said. “Until such a time, the Executive Council and the people of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe stand with our fellow nations.”
That vote bookended a ripple effect of tribes with reservations that stretch into South Dakota moving to prevent Noem from setting foot on their land, spurred by comments she made earlier this year. During a town hall, she argued that tribal leaders were profiting off of drug cartels in the state and prioritizing those cartels over parenting children on their reservations. Noem has since doubled down on saying Mexican drug cartels were rampant on Native American reservations in South Dakota.
Those comments sparked a domino effect of tribes denouncing Noem and voting to bar the governor from their lands. According to The Argus Leader of South Dakota, leaders of the Flandreau Santee Sioux had been receiving pressure from local citizens to do something in response to Noem’s comments.
In a statement to CNN on Wednesday, the governor did not directly address the ban, but said she hoped to work with tribal leaders going forward… More @ CNN
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