It's the same as Noem saying that shooting her puppy in the face means she's willing to do what others won't.
People like Noem and Hegseth will create a narrative for their mental illness that not only "justifies it," it also makes them a hero (a "legend in their own mind" ).
The cricket story cost Noem the VP gig, but she stil got a spot at the top. And she got two "FREE" luxury jets from taxpayers!
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem responds to backlash over story about killing her dog
April 27, 20245:53 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/27/1247666219/kristi-noem-dog-controversy-trump-vp
During a pheasant-hunting trip, the dog went "out of her mind with excitement," and later attacked another family's chickens. And when she went to grab Cricket, Noem says, the dog bit her.
"I hated that dog," Noem wrote in the excerpt. The dog was "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with" and "less than worthless" as a hunting dog.
"I realized I had to put her down," she wrote. The newspaper did not say when Noem said the incident occurred.
According to The Guardian, Noem said she included the grisly story to demonstrate her readiness in politics to do what needs to be done, even if it's "difficult, messy and ugly."
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