South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is proof that a hit dog will holler even when a dead dog can’t.
After public backlash ensued from her recounting of killing her 14-month-old hunting dog, Cricket — whom she called “untrainable” and explicitly said she hated — Noem doubled down Sunday, saying the dog aggressively attacked livestock and people.
“The fact is, South Dakota law states that dogs who attack and kill livestock can be put down,” Noem said on X, formerly Twitter. “Given that Cricket had shown aggressive behavior toward people by biting them, I decided what I did.”
Noem shared the story of her dog-killing in her forthcoming memoir No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward. It was reviewed by The Guardian where details of the incident were first divulged.
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