Every dog, like every human, has its day.

Democrats are high-fiving these days, thinking they’ve knocked one of Donald Trump’s potential VP picks off the ticket. And perhaps they have. But Trump will have no problem finding a good, smart, tough, complementary veep to remind the American people that a cackling fool and a quota hire is now just a heartbeat away from the American presidency.

As for the outrage surrounding South Dakota’s highly successful governor, Kristi Noem, who in her soon-to-be-released memoir recounts having made the difficult decision to put down a full-grown 14-month-old family dog — a dog that was chomping chickens to death, biting the state’s governor, and lunging with bared teeth at its master — the Democrats can spare us their crocodile tears. Where were they, after all, when we learned that Barack Obama had actually eaten a dog and that St. Anthony Fauci and his crew had been torturing and murdering beagle pups by the bushel?

All of a sudden, Mitt Romney’s rooftop dog carrier doesn’t seem quite so offensive to them.

That Noem voluntarily shared this sad story is proof that Democrats have become utterly removed from the life-and-death realities of life on a farm. But how do they suppose that $52 petite filet wound up on their plate at Ruth’s Chris?

Cows have feelings, too. And so do babies in the womb, but Democrats don’t seem to be conflicted about ending their lives on demand and under the most barbaric of conditions.

Noem took to X on Sunday to defend herself, as the story blew up out of all proportion:

I can understand why some people are upset about a 20 year old story of Cricket, one of the working dogs at our ranch, in my upcoming book — No Going Back. The book is filled with many honest stories of my life, good and bad days, challenges, painful decisions, and lessons learned.

What I learned from my years of public service, especially leading South Dakota through COVID, is people are looking for leaders who are authentic, willing to learn from the past, and don’t shy away from tough challenges. My hope is anyone reading this book will have an understanding that I always work to make the best decisions I can for the people in my life. … Whether running the ranch or in politics, I have never passed on my responsibilities to anyone else to handle. Even if it’s hard and painful. I followed the law and was being a responsible parent, dog owner, and neighbor. As I explained in the book, it wasn’t easy. But often the easy way isn’t the right way.

To which one representative leftist replied: “The dog frustrated you. You killed it. That wasn’t a tough decision by an empathetic person. That was a weak and lazy decision by a sociopathic person. Leading in government is making the right choices. You are insensitive and impatient. Your choices suck.”

Putting to death a full-of-life young family dog may be many things, but it isn’t “weak,” and it isn’t “lazy.” And we’ll say this about Kristi Noem: She’d never have tolerated a German Shepherd repeatedly sinking its teeth into the Secret Service agents sworn to protect her. That doesn’t mean she’d have taken Commander to the nearest gravel pit. But it does mean she understands the hierarchy of God’s creatures.

“I’ll give her this, though,” writes Matt Margolis at PJ Media. “She was honest about it, unlike Joe Biden. Joe Biden has had his share of problematic dogs. Upon coming to the White House, his German Shepherd, Major, became aggressive, biting several Secret Service agents before being given to a ‘family friend’ so they could start over with a new German Shepherd puppy, Commander. In other words, their dogs were purely props for the media, completely expendable.”

Yep, Joe Biden is still the worst dog owner short of Michael Vick. And, perhaps not coincidentally, as Gallup tells us, the least popular president in history.