# @thewrap on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8DQzucSOtg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18901251-thewrap-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-10T21:53:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Wrap (@thewrap) — https://gondola.cc/thewrap

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South Dakota Gov. #KristiNoem has no regrets about shooting her 14-month-old puppy Cricket, she told CNN’s #DanaBash on “State of the Union” Sunday. “That story is a 20-year-old story of a mom who made a very difficult decision to protect her children from a vicious animal that was attacking livestock and killing livestock and attacking people,” Noem said.

Noem, who’s been on the shortlist for a potential role as #DonaldTrump’s running mate, added that the story is “in the book because it was difficult for me, and there’s a lot in that book that I think people need to read.”

Noem began fielding questions about Cricket ahead of her book’s release in early May. At the time, she described the dog as “extremely dangerous” and said, “It had come to us from a family who had found her way too aggressive.”

“I hated that dog,” she also wrote, adding that Cricket was “less than worthless … as a hunting dog.”

Noem also killed a goat she disliked the same day she shot Cricket, later defending herself by adding that she had recently put down three horses from the same farm. 

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danabash, kristinoem, donaldtrump

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