As the controversy over the tale that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem once killed her own dog, it has been revealed that Noem actually tried to tell the story two years earlier.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) defended herself Monday after she received mass criticism for sharing a story of shooting and killing her young hunting dog and an improbable anecdote that she met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in her new book. Noem stood by her decision to kill the 14-month-old dog, Cricket, in
Last week, South Dakota Gov. and Trump veepstakes hopeful Kristi Noem shared an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir No Going Back where she recounts—in disturbing detail—how she shot and killed her 14-month hunting puppy on her family's farm. The blowback has been massive and entirely predictable. Still, Noem hasn't apologized and instead doubled down on why she simply had to shoot and kill a puppy. Now, according to a Monday report in the Daily Beast, Noem's political career—and specifically...
The South Dakota governor, who has been mentioned as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is on the defense after a story with an "untrainable" short-haired hunting dog she had on her farm.
South Dakota governor’s account of family dog Cricket killing neighbor’s chickens may be an offence, according to state lawKristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful, may have committed a class two misdemeanor offence when her fated dog Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer Noem deemed “untrainable” for hunting pheasant, killed a neighbor’s chickens.Under South Dakota law, “any person owning, keeping, or harboring a dog that chases, worries, injures, or...
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Politicians and dog experts are criticizing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she wrote in a new book about killing a rambunctious puppy. The story - and the vilification she received on social media - has some wondering whether she’s still a viable potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Taking to X following deafening backlash—she was dubbed “evil,” “trash,” and “Jeffrey Dahmer with veneers,” among other things—Noem wrote Sunday that she “can understand why some people are upset about a 20 year old story of Cricket, one of the working dogs at our ranch.” She included the bizarre anecdote, though, because she believes “people are looking for leaders who are authentic, willing to learn from the past, and don’t shy away from tough challenges,” i.e., shooting their own dog. She...
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has suggested that deciding to personally execute a "dangerous dog" was a choice she had to make "as a mom."Noem, a Republican whose name has been floated as a potential 2024 running mate of former President Donald Trump, recalls the decision to fatally shoot her 14-month-old pet dog Cricket in her book No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, which is set to be published on Tuesday.Following a firestorm of...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues to defend her reasoning behind shooting her 14-month-old dog.
South Dakota’s Republican governor claims her decision to shoot her dog in a gravel pit was the responsible choice as a parent, dog owner and neighbour