May he be with his family. 🌈🐾 Poor beautiful boy. 💔❤️‍🩹 I hope that terrorist gets life without parole in solitary 😡

In addition to the other charges, I hope Vance Boetler is also charged with cruelty to an animal.

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This happen when when they were arresting Jewish people in Germany. They were killing their pets too.

Aw! Poor Gilbert! He killed Gilbert just to be an asshat.

This makes me cry a lot. Which is good because I think I was numb

Call in Babayaga

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A Trump supporter kills Democrats. They are Trump terrorists, like all the January 6th terrorists who today form the Trump Militia, who are seeking to destroy the richest Democratic states in the nation.

They are the internal enemy, like all their appointees in our government today, who govern against the citizens. Are we in a criminal regime that is seeking to destroy another regime in the world just because they hate the Arab world?

Rest in peace great woman!!!

They are monsters. Deplorables was never a strong enough word to describe these savages.

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Disgusting. Rest in peace, Gilbert.🌈🐾

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Is there a place that is worse than hell to send that guy? 💔 Gilbert

Stillwater State Prison

I can’t even imagine the conversation he’s going to have with God. Especially if he had “pro life” reasons.

I have comfort in the fact that Gilbert would have been bereft without them. They are together now. As a nurse in ICU who witnessed so many people transitioning I saw them call out and reach for their beloved pet so many times. Including my own brother in law. They are together now.

This i believe. My brother-in-law was almost dead and he opened his eyes. Woke up, reached his arms up and started to make the noise for and call the name of Teddy, his beloved dog who I knew for years. Then he laid back down, closed his eyes smiling and died. Teddy escorted him to heaven.

Thank u for this gift…may God bless you & yours, today and always. Was resuscitated in Dec. 2010, I was mad that they prevented me from being w/my beloved father who died when I was five. I was told that my maternal grandpa came to my room in spirit acc to someone who could see him…& other miracles.

You have no idea the balm you put on my soul, or how much I needed it. Thank you. 💚

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing that. As a joke I tell my friends/family that I behave well now to make sure I have a chance to see all my pooches in the other side. I trust that God will allow me to see them all again. Animals are God’s gifts 2us. Cruel way to exit for entire family:-(

El Salvador?

Jail forever. Poverty.

Jail with all the peoples whom he hates. The list is long. No social media, no phone. Surrounded by POC, Lesbians, gay men. Daily visits from Randy Rainbow, Rosie O'Donnell, and Joy Baer. I could go on forever. Oh and Greta to remind him of climate change....daily.

Thanks for remembering this extra layer of evil that came out of this horror. MAGA has opened a well of hate and ignorance, and there are plenty of people willing to take a bucketful.

I hope the headline actually meant, "even a little more heartbroken."

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Kristi Noem be like, "that's ma boy!"

There are no words.

😥😥😥💔😢😢😢 such a tragic loss of life ! Everytime there’s hate speech lives are lost , this has to stop !

And to make the Minnesota really seem even TRUMPIER...her house was broken into last night!

Rest in peace, sweet Gilbert 💔💔💔

Such a kind soul.

Sick, sick, sick!!!

I love dogs and I thought that their dog was OK. It broke my heart to read about Gilbert not making it.

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Fuck what’s wrong with these psychos in our country? Indoctrinated by FOX News, frat boy podcasts, and reality television. Fuck!!!!

So I woke to find out 988 being shut down and this. I'm going back to sleep.

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My heart is breaking for all these innocent's!

ICE is trying to live up to Ice Barbie. Watch out if you have a goat!

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😭😭💔 What is wrong with that guy?😡🤬

We have to do better than that. We have to be enraged. We have to hold Republicans accountable

Question. A local radio station has a yearly fundraiser for dog adoption. They have sited the death of Hortman's dog to gin up support. I think the only fundraising using this tragedy should be for their family and the recovery of the Hoffmans, which will be LONG. (Shot 17 times) Am I wrong?

people.com/minnesota-la... Melissa volunteered there and trained dogs.

What a fucking sociopath. Killing the children’s family wasn’t enough? You take their dog too? DEPRAVED AF😡

He also tried to murder the daughter of Senator John Hoffman, too, and would have succeeded had her mother not taken the shots in her place.

😡😡😡WTF

I mean, what are innocents to a Mass Murderer Wannabe For Jesus?

Don t forget Republican and Christian. Think he missed the "thou shall not kill" commandment. Oh, sorry I forgot maggots cant read.

You would have thought that someone who regards the Bible as a brass Mammon would have glanced at the parts discussing how murder is a no-no in the Eyes of the Lord, but, again, that would be expecting too much

According to reports I've read, he was at some time a PASTOR. So, he cant have missed the 10 commandments.

Gut wrenching. These are really good ppl. They trained and fostered service dogs for a non profit. They were the type of politicians one would be proud to be represented by It’s a tragic loss

Maybe Gilbert will be able to play with Cricket.

GODDAMIT!!! There is no punishment sufficient to fit this crime!

Due to lack of context, meme has been updated for extended shelf-life. Please copy & share. #KristiNoem

The dog-murdering party

Wtf is it w/ Republicans & dogs? Noem shoots hers - Romney strapped his to the roof of his car - Scott adopts "Reagan" for campaign stumping/ tosses it back to a shelter once elected - David Huckabee tortured & killed a stray (while camp counselor) Wtf

& you don't see Blue states shipping their dogs south in adoption caravans, hoping they'll have a better life

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Animal cruelty can be a precursor to this shocking, aberrant and murderous behavior. I wonder if the murderer has a history of killing "Innocents"! Psychos.

Didn't Vance rent a dog too??

I though it was a high priced setee. 😏

The WTF is these people eat their young. They are traumatized, and they hand down the trauma, genetically, literally and figuratively. These people need to be healed and until they’re healed, the pattern continues.

They literally lack regard for lives other than their own. That’s it unfortunately.

It's a sociopathology, an inability to empathize to any degree with others. They don't care about the pain and suffering they inflict with their actions and policies.

They’re scum. I hope they get what they deserve.

Psychopaths.

Gimme 5 minutes with this monster I just wanna talk

They a assassinated a literal saint and her husband and dog! Yes — they. Every Republican is complicit as far as I’m concerned.

#FucktheGOP

The dog was a saint too.

He was a service dog failure. Possibly the sweetest breed ever to walk the earth.

My grandmother used to do seeing eye dogs, guide dogs through 4-h. We ended up with a couple of guide failures and I swear they are the sweetest. They try their little hearts out.

They want to please so hard and their hearts are bigger than any dog walking. They are composed of pure joyous love.

Those are the ones that usually become therapy dogs.

Absolutely, including those mongrels who voted Republican. I'll never understand why you lot haven't destroyed the Republican Party years ago. They are a waste of space and serve only themselves and the rich.

I heard the kids had to have the dog put down while dealing with losing both parents and Mike Lee makes jokes.

Poor Gilbert. Leaving the human world so dreadfully. So they gave their bodies to the commonwealth And received praise that will never die And a home in the minds of men Their story lives on without visible symbol Woven into the stuff of other men's lives (From Pericles funeral oration)

What is it about MAGA and killing dogs?

I’m heartbroken, but I’m also in triple vengeance mode.

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> One organization that expressed their grief was Helping Paws Minnesota, a service dog training nonprofit.

They’re taking donations too.

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I cried when I read the asshole shot Gilbert. I own that because animals are better than so many humans.

Absolutely same 😭 And to know he failed training cuz he was too sweet 💔💔💔 I can't 🤬

😭😭😭. His sweetness…..I’m with you on the 🤬

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Pure evil! RIP with your humans Gilbert. 💔

Thank You George for posting the story about Helping Paws Minnesota and the dog Gilbert,that was also shot. I would have liked to see some charges against the murderer. Any time added to this monsters charges would have made a statement that animal abuse is a vile crime that needs more attention.

So senseless!

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Can you imagine that someone shot Gilbert and his family?? Gilbert was in training to be a therapy dog, bless him.

To Gilbert.

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Gilbert's hanging with his people across the veil.

Not the doggy too. The scum that did this has a lot to answer for. 😭

Adding more trauma to an already traumatic event. 💔

Is it still funny now Senator Mike Lee? You fucking pathetic excuse for a Mormon.

Don’t you know that Mormons only believe that THEY deserve to be here? If you aren’t a devout Mormon you don’t matter!

Did you mean Mormon or moron? Of course, they are far from mutually exclusive.

😡😢💔 I hope they are all safe in His arms to rest in eternal peace. God bless their loved ones

Oh Melissa, you deserved so much better.

I’ll bet Noem was thrilled to hear he shot their dog too

~ ~ They both are beautiful and lovely. I hate it that human beings can be so cruel to one another. To hurt a dog is somehow even worse to me.

Me too. That killer deserves life in hell.

Republicans are not human Eliminate the bastards.

I hope the DA adds Cruelty to Animals to the murder charges.

Murdering an animal is not "cruelty". It is murder.

I just made a donation to Helping Paws in Gilbert's name 💔 🐾

Great idea!

Are we sure it wasn’t Kristi who shot them?

This is so tragic. Did the shooter get a perp walk like Luigi?

Of course not.

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The Mental Illness of Trump Supporters is UNCONSCIONABLE!... These SICKOS need to 🛑 parading as Evangelicals!... They are Mentally Ill MONSTERS, like Trump! 😡🧌😡

Even killed the dog. What a heartless bastard. Ain't no hate like Christofascist "love".

I have NO WORDS. It’s so sad 😞

Yep, we should never forget that the PRICK is a Christian, as are many of these maggots and RWNJs

All feelings for the Hortman family. Also, there is a special place in hell for killing a furry family member. Dude… it’s a golden retriever… He probably walked up wagging his tail. Disgusting piece of 💩 you’d have to be to kill a dog.

Outrage!

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Has Mike Lee cracked a dead Lassie joke yet?

wouldn't be surprised.

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Why is it the good people who are always killed??

Yours is the question I scream at the cosmos!

What's up with MAGAs shooting dogs?

They're broken people.

Noem says “hold my shotgun.” 🤬

In a nutshell

Noem's contribution.

Democrat animal lovers were upset. Republican animal.lovers sent thoughts and prayers and said if the good dog was armed, the bad armed man would have been prevented from being bad.

We need to vote out those evil Republicans. If they don’t even care for disable children.I’m not surprised if they don’t even care about Gilbert. 🤬🤬🤬

That sounds nice, but every day is looking more and more like these Nazis won't allow elections. At least not fair ones. The time to get active is now. They are here to enable project 2025 and are doing so with sickening speed, as this tracker shows. www.project2025.observer?sort=agency-...

Rest in peace sweet Gilbert💔

I'm sorry to hear this.

People suck.

Republican puppy killers like Kristi Noem.

That Magat ghoul pulled a Noem

Republican shooting dogs. SMH

I blame Old Yeller.

Why?

(I don’t actually blame Old Yeller)

Republicans are rabid for sure. They should be castrated.

This is why these people are awful. Anyone who harms an animal is sick AF.

That's where they typically start.... Psychopaths

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Feel so bad for their kids losing parents and beloved dog. What and evil person and sick society we live in.

So sad I hate even reading it

This is so sad.

Oh my, this tragedy just keeps getting more heartbreaking

I hope that fucker rots in hell

Me, too, but watch him get a pardon.

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What kind of Jackoff shoots a dog? A real maggot Jackoff. He probably didn't want to leave any witnesses.

Trying to make a John Wick reference, but this is just so awful.

DAMN!!! Praying for the couple and the Dog. The man that did this needs to be under the jail. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS CHEETOMANS FAULT CAUSING CHAOS IN THE USA AND TRYING TO START WORLD WAR 3. RIP MR. AND MRS. HORTMAN & GILBERT. 😥☮️❤️✨✝️🙏🏾🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🕯️🕯️🕯️

What a horrific act. Pure evil.

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He was such a good boy too look at that smile.

The murderer is a Christian Nationalist. I bet the dog was trying to defend his family. Gilbert was the goodest dog!

Take time to Donate to the cause in working with a Service Dog.💔

The whole situation is reprehensible.

This brought tears.

Imagining that this sweet dog was probably trying to protect them. My hatred for these evil people is growing daily. How much more can happen before karma takes over??

Karma doesnt exist. If you want something done, you have to do it yourself.

In a religious sense, karma doesn’t come back to you until after you’re dead, so we won’t know for sure it doesn’t exist until we die.

let's help them meet their Karma, or Jeebus!

Honestly not soon enough. Been waiting for it like a lightening strike.

I keep saying, "Karma is very very late to the party." She needs to step up her game.

I hope she’s taking her time because she’s waiting for the right timing. Better be good …

Better be spectacular.

Time to help karma along with some rule of law. The time for complacency is over.

Karma doesn't exist.

Karma doesn’t happen until after you die though. The religions that believe in karma say after death you go to naraka (like purgatory) and pay back your karma before being reincarnated.

This is a different iteration of cosmic justice. People just use the word karma

The karma will be the natural reaction of the people who stand up collectively and declare: “We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take this shit anymore!”

Sadly Beale's story is about how the masses enjoy having one prophet also being the one taking risks, and ending up dead. I guess that's why tons of things in Joker remind us of Network too.

This. We’re the karma they have been avoiding.

OMG 💙

This is breaking my heart😭

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Omg that guy is exactly like Kristi Noem and Trump - literal bottom of the human trash pile

There are no words to describe the horror the Hortman's faced. May their friends and family be uplifted by our prayers, I don't think the government will take any action to stop political violence. So prayers, positive vibes, and protest. But, killing Gilbert! Dogs aren't political. Shame

Supernatural beings DO NOT EXIST and the sooner Americans realize this fact the better off they will be.

What the fuck.

Not only does he deserve a special place in hell for murdering these people, but the dog had to die too. There is not a place on this planet that he should be getting away with this.

Tragic in every way. May we build a peaceful world full of kindness, compassion, love, and respect. We need to uplift and care for each other, be good to animals, and caretakers of nature. This is our home, and it has been abusive for far too long. Together, we can BE the Change!

Psychopath MAGA screaming "virtue signaling" in 3... 2... 1... ... No? ... Oh! Wow! Blue sky is WAY better than X.

Yep, and the ones who try are ignored and instantly blocked, so they slink off back to X with their tails between their legs.

And their hands between someone else's whether they want it or not, because dear leader set the thermostat at "I just grab them by the 😾."

Even JDVance has an account here. Not sure why, but ok.

Helping Paws MN is the organization Gilbert came from. The Hortmans raised young service dog prospects for them and one, Minnie, is working now. Please consider a donation: helpingpaws.org/donation-page

Thank you for this.

I am truly appreciative of this opportunity. Donating allows me to at least feel like I can do something proactive. Thank you again.

My family has a service dog from another org. It’s a matter near and dear to my heart. Their volunteering is further proof of how much the Hortman’s loved their community. Thank you for donating and helping more dogs change lives

That fucker killed the dog too! I'm so sorry for their family. I hate all of this.

This adds another layer onto this heartbreaking, senseless murder.

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The rainbow bridge was waiting for Gilbert to cross..RIP

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Poor sweet, innocent doggy Gilbert. It's so evil.

*John Wick intensifies

Have a call out for Robert McCall and Raymond Reddington. I sent Hannibal to Moscow.

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I want to holler. It was already so horrific, but that bastard killed their dog?!!! Evil. 💔💔💔

But still happy to vote for genocide. I get it I get it, the dog has blonde hair.

I wish I could hug through the screen and embrace this poor child ❤️

And watch them NOT give that POS the death penalty (unlike Luigi)

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You maga! 🤬

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Not to diminish the tragedy of two murdered humans, but what kind of POS murders their dog too?

And a golden retriever at that

A man proud to think Jesus Christ is an evil cannibal.

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One dog killed and nationwide outrage, which is justified but then millions of pigs, who possess a level of sentience, love and empathy at the same level of dogs, are gassed in slaughterhouses with CO2 gas, an extremely painful way to die.

Read the room.

The "I have zero tolerance for injustice" except when the victims are on your plate apparently

I'm vegan asshole. You're in the wrong place at the wrong. Fuck all the way off.

*time

Imagine thinking you have agency to gatekeep the internet lmao Your whole timeline is political posts I can't find a single thing talking about animal rights and I did quite a bit of scrolling so either you're really just plant based. You dgaf about animals or worse still you're a pickme.

I'm trying to help people connect together the dots here. This is absolutely the right place and time but you'd rather have the murder of trillions of animals take a back seat in every single situation right? Fuck you. You ARE NOT vegan.

And you are nazi.

There’s never a wrong time to highlight morally reprehensible acts and injustice!

Your opinions are valid, but this is definitely a "wrong place, wrong time" issue. If your child just died, and you were sitting there in heavy mourning over that child, would it be appropriate for me to go up to you and lament over all the children that died in school shootings?

When a child dies in school shootings the news ALWAYS talks about gun violence! How is this any different? If you think the death of one animal is tragic then have their death count for something by bringing awareness to others who are hurting and dying.

Every soldier suicide is followed by calls to suicide awareness and prevention. I could go on. The only people who think this is the wrong place or time to talk about the animals is someone with a guilty conscience.

Literally 90+% of Bluesky is just an echo chamber at this point. I'm not interested in circle jerking each other over every damn issue, we need to discuss the trillions of animals being tortured and killed and there is never a wrong time to do so.

If you were in those cages you'd want someone to defend you immediately. Telling Vegans to take a back seat is so insanely disrespectful to the victims of animal agriculture. And literally I'm always told "this is not the right time" while humans pontificate over their futile politics

The massive difference here is that…this is not your dog.

The room seems to be full of hypocrites.

My heart breaks for their children, Sophie and Colin. They released a statement that goes to show The Hortmans were incredible parents and raised two loving and kind children. My 16 year old dog passed away on the same day as Gilbert and I hope they met on the Rainbow Bridge.

I feel the same. And I’m so sorry for the loss of your dog.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

What? Their dog 🐶 too? Oh no!!

That has NOEM's name all over it.

It's 3 Times more sad

This broke me 😢💔🐾

They say all dogs go to heaven.

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Be sure to tell your MAGA neighbors that the guy murdered the family dog. They might not care if Dems are killed, but many of them will be mad he killed a dog.

Hope to see the same kind of ire and vitriol they have for Michael Vick… but they probably just enjoyed getting to opening hate Black man 🙃

They support puppy killer Noem, at this point they don’t even care about that.

😿😿💔💔 St. Francis, Patron Saint of animals, please protect them from the evil monsters who walk among us.

This is a systemic problem, within the GOP/Christian nationalist system.

Their poor kids, even lost their dog 💔 and the cult followers are showing zero compassion.

I wish people would be as loving and kind as a golden retriever, they are pure love.

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Who kills a dog, especially a retriever?

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My God!! So sad.💔💔

He's with his beloved family now. May they all RIP knowing how loved they were.❤️

why why why 😭😭😭

THAT is 'the way' of the TYPICAL NAZI MAGA goon HATE of those within the "trumper republican NAZI party" as it ENABLES the "trumpy dumpy NAZI REGIME" !!!

Rest in peace, you all didn't deserve this 💔 you should still be here and playing with Gilbert

Who’s eating the dogs now?

What a cruel man. I wonder who inspired him to do such a heinous act?

Rest now, sweet boy. 😢 💔

💔❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹 doing doggos dirty is bad luck 🍀 for infinity^3 ♾️ times infinity^3!!! ♾️ may our cosmos gift 🎁 z pupper 🐶 & public servants murderer instant karma. ❤️‍🔥 ⚖️❤️‍🔥🗽 don’t fuck with dogs. 🐕

helpingpaws.org

Thank you. I'll be making a donation as well, for Gilbert. 💔💔💔

So we’re going John Wick on that murderous MAGAt?

For the record I’m in.

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Depraved enough to murder a lawmaker and spouse...what are they that they shoot the dog as well?

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Such a horrible and sad event. The person who killed them should be brought to justice to the full extent of the law.

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Was Noem involved in the attack. 😪💔

That maga shooter should get life in CECOT or the chair..one of them newfangled electric ones

CECOT.. Let him suffer and rot.

Yah I was gonna say there’s a special place in hell for people who kill dogs but I think CECOT will do… 👍🏼

Why do I feel like that might be affected by the politics of the area

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Maybe now the white people would care, since they got Gilbert 😔🕊️

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