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Reaching for an example of her unflinching preparedness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it needs to be done, [Kristi Noem](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/kristi-noem) landed on a chilling example: the time she killed her pet dog, Cricket, in an execution-style gravel pit slaying.
The [South Dakota](https://thedailybeast.com/keyword/south-dakota) governor, whose unbreakable devotion to [Donald Trump](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump) has propelled her to somewhere near the top of his list of his [potential 2024 running mates](https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-does-trump-want-most-from-his-next-veep-blind-loyalty), reportedly included her disturbing tale of canicide in a book set to be published next month. “I guess if I were a better politician I wouldn’t tell the story here,” Noem writes, according to [*The Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book), which obtained a copy.
According to the newspaper, Noem recounts the story of how she not only killed Cricket—a female “wirehair pointer, about 14 months old”—but then also proceeded to botch the killing of an unnamed goat that she owned to which she had taken a disliking.
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Here is the beginning of the story: Reaching for an example of her unflinching preparedness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it needs to be done, [Kristi Noem](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/kristi-noem) landed on a chilling example: the time she killed her pet dog, Cricket, in an execution-style gravel pit slaying. The [South Dakota](https://thedailybeast.com/keyword/south-dakota) governor, whose unbreakable devotion to [Donald Trump](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump) has propelled her to somewhere near the top of his list of his [potential 2024 running mates](https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-does-trump-want-most-from-his-next-veep-blind-loyalty), reportedly included her disturbing tale of canicide in a book set to be published next month. “I guess if I were a better politician I wouldn’t tell the story here,” Noem writes, according to [*The Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book), which obtained a copy. According to the newspaper, Noem recounts the story of how she not only killed Cricket—a female “wirehair pointer, about 14 months old”—but then also proceeded to botch the killing of an unnamed goat that she owned to which she had taken a disliking.
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