I will forever associate Gov. Kristi Noem with her own admission that she shot her dog Cricket to illustrate her willingness to do anything 'difficult, messy and ugly' if it simply needs to be done.' I'm sure she'll never live it down. Although in today's ultra-macho GOP culture, they will probably love her for it.
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