South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has doubled down on her story about killing her dog, saying people are upset because “the fake news” twisted it. The anecdote is included in her forthcoming memoir, a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian. In the book, Noem recounts killing an aggressive 14-month-old dog named Cricket by shooting it in a gravel pit, and then soon afterward shooting a “nasty and mean” goat of hers to death. The story was received extremely poorly and has drawn criticism across... Read this story
