Stephen King has said that former president Donald Trump would probably become more popular if he were to kill a dog.

The South Dakota governor’s story about shooting her dog didn’t help position her as a potential vice-presidential pick, either.

That makes her a “doer,” she claimed, not an “avoider.” That’s pure bunk, as millions of people have pointed out in an avalanche of criticism since The Guardian obtained an early copy and revealed some of the contents of Noem’s ironically named memoir,