Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that she had to kill her dangerous dog, adding that President Joe Biden’s dog “has attacked 24 Secret Service people.” Partial transcript as follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay, so you
The South Dakota governor’s proud dog murder tells a lot about how posturing Trumpists like she and Greg Gianforte thinkAfter South Dakota’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, proudly admitted in a forthcoming memoir to marching her young puppy Cricket to a gravel pit to kill her with a shotgun, she rationalized the despicable act by arguing that Cricket had been aggressive.She also said that she used the same gravel pit to shoot a “disgusting, musky, rancid” unnamed goat – but botched the job,...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues to defend her reasoning behind shooting her 14-month-old dog.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has doubled down on her story about killing her dog, saying people are upset because “the fake news” twisted it. The anecdote is included in her forthcoming memoir, a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian. In the book, Noem recounts killing an aggressive 14-month-old dog named Cricket by shooting it in a gravel pit, and then soon afterward shooting a “nasty and mean” goat of hers to death. The story was received extremely poorly and has drawn criticism across...
South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’The South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful Kristi Noem asked the American public to consider having to “make a choice between your children or a dangerous animal”, as she again defended her killing of a 14-month-old dog.“I would ask everybody in the country to put themselves in that situation,” Noem told CBS’s Face the Nation about her decision to...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday reiterated her defense of shooting and killing her family's dog, which she reportedly details in a forthcoming book. Noem, who is considered to be a potential running mate for former President Donald Trump, said in a Fox News interview that the dog was "extremely dangerous." "It had come to us from a family who had found her way too aggressive," Noem said, adding that the dog "massacred" neighbor's livestock the day of the killing. Noem said her dog,...
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...
Donald Trump VP contender, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, is defending shooting and killing her family dog, which she describes in her upcoming book.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is releasing a new book called “No Going Back,” but on Friday her office said she would actually be going back to correct some errors - including a false claim that she once met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem faced scrutiny on CBS's Face The Nation regarding her claim of meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Noem deflected direct the questions.
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.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has defended her decision to kill a young dog many years ago.The Guardian reported that in her forthcoming book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward," Noem recounted the story about the dog, Cricket, that had been around 14 months old. According to the outlet, Noem recalled that she had taken the dog on a pheasant hunt with older canines, desiring to calm Cricket down and start to teach her how to act. But she was...