A prospective running mate for Donald Trump is under flak for disclosing information about how she murdered her dog in her biography. The 52-year-old South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem, said in her soon-to-be published biography that the dog, Cricket, was "dangerous" and "untrainable".
Ms. Noem walked the dog to a gravel pit and shot her after determining she needed to be put down. She wrote, "The job was not enjoyable." "But it had to be done."
Released on May 7th, the book is titled No Going Back: The Truth on What is Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.
Vote Democratic if you want representatives who do not boast about ruthlessly murdering their pets, according to the Democratic National Committee. The Republican presidential candidate John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, stated: "You can recover from a lot of things in politics, change the narrative, etc.-but not from killing a dog."
"We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm," Ms. Noem said in a Twitter/X post in defense of herself.
In her next book, she promised more "real, honest, politically incorrect stories."
Taking Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, on a pheasant hunt with some older dogs was one of Ms. Noem's attempts to teach her manners. Ms. Noem left college at the age of 22 to manage her family farm in South Dakota.
However, she reported that efforts to correct her, such as the use of an electric collar, were unsuccessful.
When Cricket got away from the hunt and attacked the family's hens, "grabbing one chicken at a time, crunching it to death with one bite," she paused to speak with them.
When she attempted to tame the dog, she said it "whipped around to bite me," and Cricket was "the picture of pure joy" throughout the ordeal.
She added that she understood the dog had to be put down after expressing her regret to the family for its behavior. "I detested that dog," she remarked.
That day, the scenario made her realize that "another unpleasant job needed to be done": euthanizing a male goat that belonged to her family.
The goat would pursue her little children, knocking them down, and had a "disgusting, musky, rancid" stench. It was also described as "nasty and mean".
The goat survived the initial shot, so Ms. Noem had to return to her van to get another shell, but she claimed she shot it down the same way she had Cricket.
Not too long later, her kids got off the school bus. Her daughter inquired, "Hey, where is Cricket?" after realizing the dog had vanished from sight.
Ms. Noem said in the book sample that she told the tale to show her readiness to take on "difficult, messy, and ugly" tasks when needed, both in life and in politics.
"I guess if I were a better politician, I would not tell the story here," she said.
The Republican candidate for president, Mr. Trump, has made indications that Ms. Noem is among his possible running mates. Before becoming the state's first female governor in 2018, Ms. Noem was its only representative in the House of Representatives for eight years.
Ms. Noem walked the dog to a gravel pit and shot her after determining she needed to be put down. She wrote, "The job was not enjoyable." "But it had to be done."
Released on May 7th, the book is titled No Going Back: The Truth on What is Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.
Vote Democratic if you want representatives who do not boast about ruthlessly murdering their pets, according to the Democratic National Committee. The Republican presidential candidate John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, stated: "You can recover from a lot of things in politics, change the narrative, etc.-but not from killing a dog."
"We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm," Ms. Noem said in a Twitter/X post in defense of herself.
In her next book, she promised more "real, honest, politically incorrect stories."
Taking Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, on a pheasant hunt with some older dogs was one of Ms. Noem's attempts to teach her manners. Ms. Noem left college at the age of 22 to manage her family farm in South Dakota.
However, she reported that efforts to correct her, such as the use of an electric collar, were unsuccessful.
When Cricket got away from the hunt and attacked the family's hens, "grabbing one chicken at a time, crunching it to death with one bite," she paused to speak with them.
When she attempted to tame the dog, she said it "whipped around to bite me," and Cricket was "the picture of pure joy" throughout the ordeal.
She added that she understood the dog had to be put down after expressing her regret to the family for its behavior. "I detested that dog," she remarked.
That day, the scenario made her realize that "another unpleasant job needed to be done": euthanizing a male goat that belonged to her family.
The goat would pursue her little children, knocking them down, and had a "disgusting, musky, rancid" stench. It was also described as "nasty and mean".
The goat survived the initial shot, so Ms. Noem had to return to her van to get another shell, but she claimed she shot it down the same way she had Cricket.
Not too long later, her kids got off the school bus. Her daughter inquired, "Hey, where is Cricket?" after realizing the dog had vanished from sight.
Ms. Noem said in the book sample that she told the tale to show her readiness to take on "difficult, messy, and ugly" tasks when needed, both in life and in politics.
"I guess if I were a better politician, I would not tell the story here," she said.
The Republican candidate for president, Mr. Trump, has made indications that Ms. Noem is among his possible running mates. Before becoming the state's first female governor in 2018, Ms. Noem was its only representative in the House of Representatives for eight years.
