Her mistake was trying to score a position as VP when her doggy murder story would make her a shoo-in for Sheriff, no further campaign necessary
Good, because that puppy shooting incident sounded like a fascist euphemism. Like “don’t worry, I know how to cull the disobedient.”
Before she had been my bit-of-a-longshot for VP guess. But she seems to have - cough - shot herself in the foot.
the decision to include that anecdote was a real dog's breakfast
What did Kristi say to Cricket after she killed him?
That dog won't hunt.
Trump isn't dumb enough to let a puppy killer hitch her wagon to him.
It also exposes how poor her political instincts are to commit an unforced error like this. Why in the world would you tell the world that you murdered a puppy if you have ambitions for office beyond a state where everyone cosplays a cowboy? Trump may hate puppykillers, but he LOATHES losers. And she marked herself as a loser.
She literally put "I guess if I were a better politician I wouldn’t tell the story here," in her own book after writing about how she killed the puppy.
"Kristi Dakota seemed good. Very good. Her state isn't important in the electing college but maybe (maybe-maybe) she could be VP material. Central casting. She looks strong and good. And this abortion thing needs a woman probably. Goat killer dumb but okay. Maybe. Nobody loves goats. But puppy killer is a very bad politics z-lister mistake. So - no... no. Bye-bye Dakota."
The "Cheeto" insult is justified here, dude literally looks dusted with cheese
You gave me a posting idea - When Trump dies - he'll say just one word as he shuffles off this mortal coil. What word will it be? - Hexbear
Trump really latches into unforced errors like this. I think it’s something that keeps him in touch with the line between “acceptable” fascist rhetoric and career ending fascist rhetoric.
At first I thought this was a glimpse at some humanity from Trump, but then I realized that he's mad at her being bad at PR not for killing the dog and that made a lot more sense.
I think Trump thinks of all animals as dirty and stupid.
In these various conversations over the past week, the ex-president has also mentioned that voters generally don’t like politicians who kill dogs, two of the people familiar with the matter add.
Truly genius levels of political acumen here
