Disney heiress, Abigail Disney, evoked the classic Disney movie, Old Yeller, in a recent play to call on voters to oppose the Republican Party after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s recent book detailed her shooting her ranch dog.
“My great-uncle Walt Disney knew the magic place animals have in the hearts of families everywhere,” Disney wrote in an email released by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and obtained exclusively by the Guardian.
Disney, the grandniece of Walt Disney, said that Noem’s anecdote of killing her dog in her new book, “No Going Back,” “shocked” her.
“When he released Old Yeller, the heart-wrenching story stayed with people because no one takes the killing of a family pet lightly,” Disney said. “At least that’s what I thought until I read about potential Trump VP Kristi Noem shooting her family’s puppy – a story that has shocked so many of us.”
‘YOU NEED TO STOP’: GOV. NOEM LASHES OUT DURING HEATED INTERVIEW OVER BOOK ANECDOTE ABOUT KILLING DOG
Gov. Noem snapped during a contentious interview about her recent book, saying, “I don’t think you have the facts straight.” (Kristi Noem, Getty Images)
Old Yeller, lobbycard, Tommy Kirk, 1957. Abigail Disney evoked the classic Disney movie Old Yeller to condemn Gov. Kristi Noem’s book anecdote about killing her ranch dog. (LMPC via Getty Images)
In “No Going Back,” the Republican governor described shooting her dog after it attacked a neighbor’s chickens.
Disney said that Noem’s description of killing her ranch dog was part of “the larger story of the 2024 election.”
“Walt Disney also understood story telling. Together, we must make sure all voters see how this sad Kristi Noem episode is part of the larger story of the 2024 election: America could vote into the White House extremists that glorify cruelty and lack basic empathy and compassion,” she told the PCCC.
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