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Why Noem is successful Iowa campaigning for Trump
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem – who has been considered to beryllium a potential moving mate for presumptive Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump – addressed connected Sunday nan caller attraction connected her caller book wherever she writes astir sidesplitting an unruly canine and a goat.
The Guardian obtained a transcript of Noem's soon-to-be-released book, "No Going Back: The Truth connected What's Wrong pinch Politics and How We Move American Forward." Noem is scheduled to beryllium interviewed connected "Face nan Nation" adjacent week astir her upcoming book, group to beryllium released connected May 7.
In it, she tells nan communicative of nan ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting.
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an arena Jan. 10, 2024, astatine nan authorities Capitol successful Pierre, S.D.
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She writes, according to nan Guardian, that nan communicative was included to show her willingness to do thing "difficult, messing and ugly" if it has to beryllium done. The backlash was swift against nan Republican politician and connected Sunday, she addressed nan rumor connected societal media.
"I tin understand why immoderate group are upset astir a 20 twelvemonth aged communicative of Cricket, 1 of nan moving dogs astatine our ranch, successful my upcoming book — No Going Back," she wrote successful a station connected X, nan level formally known arsenic Twitter. "The book is filled pinch galore honorable stories of my life, bully and bad days, challenges, achy decisions, and lessons learned."
In her book, Noem writes that she took Cricket connected a hunting travel pinch older dogs successful hopes of calming down nan chaotic puppy. Instead, Cricket chased nan pheasants while "having nan clip of her life."
On nan measurement location from nan hunting trip, Noem writes that she stopped to talk to a family. Cricket sewage retired of Noem's motortruck and attacked and killed immoderate of nan family's chickens, past spot nan governor.
On Sunday, she defended her determination to termination nan dog, saying that "South Dakota rule states that dogs who onslaught and termination livestock tin beryllium put down."
"Given that Cricket had shown fierce behaviour toward group by biting them, I decided what I did," Noem wrote. "Whether moving nan ranch aliases successful politics, I person ne'er passed connected my responsibilities to anyone other to handle. Even if it's difficult and painful. I followed nan rule and was being a responsible parent, canine owner, and neighbor."
In nan book, Noem besides writes that her family besides owned a "nasty and mean" antheral goat that smelled bad and liked to pursuit her kids. She decided to spell up and termination nan goat, too. She writes that nan goat survived nan first shot, truthful she went backmost to nan truck, sewage different shell, past changeable him again, sidesplitting him.
The excerpts drew contiguous disapproval connected societal media platforms, wherever galore posted photos of their ain pets. President Joe Biden's reelection run surfaced nan communicative connected societal media alongside a photograph of Noem pinch Trump.
It's not nan first clip Noem has grabbed nationalist attention.
A period agone erstwhile she posted an infomercial-like video astir cosmetic dental surgery she received out-of-state.
In a astir five-minute video connected X, she praised a squad of cosmetic dentists successful Texas for giving her a grin she said she tin beryllium proud of. "I emotion my caller family astatine Smile Texas!" she wrote.
In 2019, she stood down nan state's anti-meth run moreover arsenic it became the subject of immoderate mockery for nan tagline "Meth. We're connected it." Noem said nan run sewage group talking astir nan methamphetamine pandemic and helped lead immoderate to treatment.
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