Potential Donald Trump vice presidential running mate Kristi Noem is under sharp criticism for reportedly recounting in a book how she killed a family dog. The South Dakota governor has written another book,
Kristi Noem, South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate, has not one but two detailed stories about putting down animals in her forthcoming memoir.
She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it has to be done.
In her new book, due to be released next month, the South Dakota governor described the dog as ‘less than worthless’ and also claimed to have also killed a ‘nasty and mean’ goat
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem reveals in her forthcoming book that she once shot and killed one of her hunting dogs, saying she hated the "puppy," according to a report released Friday. In the book,
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who is widely tipped to be former President Donald Trump’s likely pick as running mate, has admitted shooting dead one of her dogs for being “less than worthless” — and similarly killing a goat she found “disgusting.
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via GettyReaching for an example of her unflinching preparedness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it needs to be done, Kristi Noem landed on a chilling example: the time she killed her pet dog,