Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and potential vice presidential pick for Donald Trump stirred controversy this week after revealing in her new book that she shot and killed her dog. The Guardian shared content Friday from her upcoming book,
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defended her “hard and painful” decision to shoot her 14-month-old hunting dog, Cricket, following a rising tide of criticism after she made the eyebrow-raising revelations in her upcoming book.
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
Kristi Noem is competing against North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Senator Tim Scott and Rep. Elise Stefanik, among others, for Trump’s vice president spot.
The Republican South Dakota governor details what she says was a tough decision to shoot an "untrainable" family dog in a forthcoming memoir. Animal rights advocates and Democrats decried the move.