Gov. Kristi Noem (R‑SD) assured Republican donors Saturday that the outrage she has stirred from the story of shooting her hunting dog has been “a good thing.”
Noem was in Florida for a private donor retreat alongside Gov. Doug Burgum (R‑ND), per a report, when she responded to the backlash to the excerpt from No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward in which she revealed that after her 14-month-old dog attacked a neighbor’s chickens and her, she took the dog to a gravel pit and shot it. Originally, Noem was slated to attend a fundraiser Saturday night in Colorado, but it was canceled due to threats.
“Listen, going through hard things, and I’ve been through a few of them — I’m going through one right now — I mean they’re just attacking me like crazy right now,” Noem said. “But listen, that’s a good thing. It’s a good thing because it makes you stronger, and it teaches you really what you’re up against, and it makes you recogn …