Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing canine on household farm
By Tim Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kristi Noem, a contender to turn out to be Republican Donald Trump’svice presidential working mate, defended herself on Friday towards Democratic assaults over her account of taking pictures a canine on her household farm.
Noem, the governor of South Dakota, describes killing an “untrainable” canine referred to as Cricket which she “hated” in an upcoming memoir, excerpts of which had been first revealed by The Guardian on Friday. She additionally stated she shot to loss of life a goat.
Noem stated the canine ruined a hunt and later attacked chickens owned by a neighborhood household, behaved like a “trained assassin,” and was “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.”
“I realized I had to put her down,” Noem writes.
The Democratic National Committee seized on the excerpts, calling them “horrifying” and “disturbing” and tried to make a 2024 election argument in regards to the taking pictures of the animals.
“If you want elected officials who don’t brag about brutally killing their pets as part of their self-promotional book tour, then listen to our owners – and vote Democrat,” the DNC stated in a press release, giving voice to the dogs.
Responding on X, Noem stated, “We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm. Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years.”
Noem is on an inventory of candidates being thought-about by Trump to be his vice presidential working mate, pals and allies of Trump have instructed Reuters. Trump faces a basic election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden on Nov. 5.
(Reporting by Tim Reid, modifying by Ross Colvin and Sandra Maler)
