"Délibérément cruelle": Kristi Noem, potentielle vice-présidente de Trump, fait polémique après avoir expliqué pourquoi elle a tué son chien

Dans ses mémoires, Kristi Noem, la potentielle co-listière de Donald Trump dans la course à la présidentielle américaine, confie avoir dû tuer sa chienne Cricket, qui faisait preuve d'”un comportement agressif”.

Kristi Noem, potentielle co-listière de Donald Trump

La campagne américaine pour la prochaine élection présidentielle prend une tournure mortifère. Kristi Noem, la gouverneure du Dakota du Sud et potentielle co-listière et donc vice-présidente de Donald Trump, fait polémique depuis que le Guardian a révélé qu’elle confie, dans ses mémoires, avoir dû tuer sa chienne Cricket.

Dans ce livre, intitulé No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, la femme politique américaine explique que l’animal, un braque à poils durs de 14 mois, qui devait servir à chasser le faisan, faisait preuve d'”un comportement agressif”. Un jour, lors d’une partie de chasse avec des chiens plus âgés, Kristi Noem pensait pouvoir calmer la jeune Cricket et lui apprendre à mieux se comporter. Mais cette dernière a ruiné le moment, se mettant à chasser tous les oiseaux, avec beaucoup d’excitation.

Sur la route du retour, elle aurait même réussi à s’échapper du véhicule de sa maîtresse pour s’attaquer aux poulets de particuliers, “les attrapant un par un et les tuant d’un coup de crocs”, se comportant comme “une assassin entraînée”. “Je détestais cette chienne”, écrit Kristi Noem, qui la qualifie d'”ingérable”, “dangereuse” et “sans aucune valeur… en tant que chien de chasse”. “Je me suis rendu compte que je devais la neutraliser”, ajoute-t-elle, avant de raconter avoir amené Cricket dans une gravière pour lui tirer dessus.

“J’aime les animaux”

“Ce n’était pas une tâche plaisante, mais je devais le faire”, affirme Kristi Noem. Elle estime que cet épisode montre sa volonté, en politique comme dans la vie quotidienne, de faire tout ce qui pourrait être “difficile, salissant et moche” si cela apparaît comme nécessaire. La gouverneure révèle qu’en plus de Cricket, elle a également tué une chèvre “désagréable et méchante” qui adorait attaquer ses enfants.

Rick Wilson, du comité d’action politique anti-Trump Lincoln Project, a qualifié la femme politique de “délibérément cruelle” et d'”ordure”, sur X. Ryan Busse, le candidat démocrate pour devenir gouverneur du Montana, a lui qualifié son acte de “dégoûtant, paresseux et diabolique”, sur le même réseau social.

Kristi Noem a assuré sur X “aimer les animaux” mais que “des décisions difficiles doivent être prises en permanence quand on vit dans une ferme”. Elle a ajouté avoir dû tuer trois chevaux qui faisaient partie de sa famille depuis 25 ans.

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