Kristi Noem's ascent from admitted dog killer to national watchdog is spurring howls of rage and disbelief on social media. President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Noem, the South Dakota Republican who boasted of shooting a pet dog to death, as secretary of Homeland Security on Tuesday stunned political spectators. News broke in April that Noem's memoir "No Going Back: The …
South Dakota Governor and Donald Trump vice-presidential hopeful, Kristi Noem, has been facing criticism for a story in her new book about killing her dog, Cricket, due to its aggressive behaviour. Noem writes in her book -- No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward -- that she killed her dog named …