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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem drew scrutiny aft including a transition astir shooting a family canine that she said was vulnerable successful her book scheduled for merchandise successful May. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
April 27 (UPI) -- South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is defending her actions successful sidesplitting a canine that she considered vulnerable and untrainable aft her ain relationship of nan incident drew scrutiny and criticism.
In Noem's pending book, No Going Back: The Truth connected What's Wrong pinch Politics and How We Move America Forward, she mentions putting down a 14-month-old wirehair pointer that attacked neighbors' chickens and ruined a pheasant hunt.
The transition came to ray this week erstwhile The Guardian obtained an beforehand transcript of nan book and published nan quote, sparking a backlash against nan blimpish politician, who is often mentioned arsenic a imaginable vice statesmanlike moving mate for presumptive Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump.
As nan furor mounted, Noem connected Friday defended nan incident, which she said was necessary.
"We emotion animals, but reliable decisions for illustration this hap each nan clip connected a farm" Noem, 52, said Friday successful a post connected X. "Sadly, we conscionable had to put down 3 horses a fewer weeks agone that had been successful our family for 25 years."
The Guardian quoted Noem saying successful nan book that she "hated that dog," calling it "less than worthless" arsenic a hunting dog.
"I realized I had to put her down," Noem writes, adding that it attacked and killed respective chickens owned by a neighbour and astir spot her erstwhile she tried to extremity it.
Her relationship says she led nan canine named Cricket to a gravel pit located connected her family's South Dakota workplace and changeable it.
She besides says successful nan book she changeable an unruly goat that was "nasty and mean," NBC News reported.
The transition drew disapproval from immoderate successful governmental circles, including Meghan McCain, girl of 2008 Republican statesmanlike campaigner and erstwhile longtime U.S legislator from Arizona John McCain.
"You tin retrieve from a batch of things successful politics, alteration nan narrative, etc., but not from sidesplitting a dog," McCain wrote successful a post connected X.
In a humorous but cutting take, nan Democratic National Committee issued a connection purportedly coming from nan "dogs of nan DNC, aka nan Dogmocratic Party."
"As DNC's canine companions, we've heard a batch from our owners astir conscionable really utmost and vulnerable Donald Trump and his far-right MAGA friends are -- but thing could hole america for nan genuinely disturbing and horrifying passages Kristi Noem willingly chose to put successful her caller book," the connection read.
"Our connection is plain and simple: If you want elected officials who don't brag astir brutally sidesplitting their pets arsenic portion of their self-promotional book tour, past perceive to our owners -- and ballot Democrat."
Noem's book is scheduled to beryllium released successful May.
