FACT-CHECK: Did Kristi Noem Really Shoot Her “Worthless Dog”?

FACT-CHECK: Did Kristi Noem Really Shoot Her “Worthless Dog”?


Time for a Fact-Check!

I saw this going viral online today and I had to stop and check it out.

Here’s the claim:

‘I hated that dog’: Kristi Noem recalls gunning down family’s ‘worthless’ pup – Raw Story https://t.co/TBnaqqLIp2

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Ok, so did she really “gun down her family’s worthless pup”?

Yes, but not exactly how you might think if you simply read that headline.

The claim comes straight out of her memoir, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.

Here’s an excerpt from the book:

“I hated that dog,” Noem wrote, adding that the 14-month-old wirehair pointer was “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with” and

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