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No Going Back The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward

Kristi Noem

A Any elected official can talk about how broken our government is. But their solutions always seem to involve more money, new programs—and reelection to another term. Few offer an unfiltered glimpse into how government

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It was mentioned that Kristi Noem's book, 'No Going Back', contained a fabricated story about her meeting with Kim Jong-un, which she later tried to explain away by blaming the editors or a combination of stories.

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her book is called 'No Going Back', I guess that's right yeah

— Episode: Trump Holds VP Auditions

Episode: Trump Holds VP Auditions

It was mentioned that Kristi Noem's book, 'No Going Back', contained a fabricated story about her meeting with Kim Jong-un, which she later tried to explain away by blaming the editors or a combination of stories.

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her book is called 'No Going Back', I guess that's right yeah

she put it back, she hired those people again, she demanded it go in the second book and then she said the reason that she put it in the second book is because opponents and past races have used it against her so she thought she would get ahead of the story

Episode: Trump Holds VP Auditions

It was mentioned that Kristi Noem's book, 'No Going Back', contained a story about her killing a puppy, which she later defended as a way to show that she is different from other politicians. The hosts also talked about the inaccuracies that occurred within the book, like her claim of meeting with Kim Jong-un.

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Her book is called 'No Going Back', I guess that's right, yeah.

she apparently just went on Fox and said that the reason that she told this story in her book about killing the puppy was to prove that she's quote 'not like other politicians'.

she put it back in the second book and then she said the reason that she put it in the second book is because opponents and past races have used it against her so she thought she would get ahead of the story.

she also she read the audiobook herself by the way.

I've met with many many world leaders, I've traveled around the world, I think I've talked extensively in this book about my time serving in Congress, my time as governor before governor, some of the travels that I've had, um, I'm not going to talk about my specific meetings with world leaders.

The Matt Walsh Show

The book was promoted on Face the Nation as Noem's new memoir meant to boost her political profile, but it drew heavy criticism for a dogkilling anecdote that reportedly damaged her vicepresidential prospects.

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She included ... No Going Back, scheduled to be released I believe tomorrow.

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The book was promoted on Face the Nation as Noem's new memoir meant to boost her political profile, but it drew heavy criticism for a dogkilling anecdote that reportedly damaged her vicepresidential prospects.

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She included ... No Going Back, scheduled to be released I believe tomorrow.

The book is obviously meant to increase her national political profile and boost her unofficial campaign for vice president.

Instead, as any story about killing a dog is destined to do in our culture, it torpedoed her vice presidential aspirations and her political career along with it.

She actually said the book is very, very good.

I'll be preordering my copy as soon as this show is over.

Timcast IRL

Kristi Noem, a potential Trump VP pick, revealed in her new book that she killed her 14-month-old dog because she couldn't train it properly. She also wrote about shooting a goat, all of which made the media gasp.

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Trump VP candidate Kristi Noem reveals she shot and killed her 14 month old trained assassin dog cricket and gunned down a goat in eye opening new book.

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Kristi Noem, a potential Trump VP pick, revealed in her new book that she killed her 14-month-old dog because she couldn't train it properly. She also wrote about shooting a goat, all of which made the media gasp.

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Trump VP candidate Kristi Noem reveals she shot and killed her 14 month old trained assassin dog cricket and gunned down a goat in eye opening new book.

If you want more real, honest and politically incorrect stories that will have the media gasping pre-order going back.

I killed my dog by my book. That's so bad.

She said, we love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm. Sadly, we just had to put down three horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years.

The NPR Politics Podcast

The podcast noted that the South Dakota governor has a forthcoming book titled No Going Back, in which she outlines her political journey and vision, and it contains a controversial anecdote about killing her family dog.

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has a book coming out, a book about her getting into politics and her vision and all of that, pretty classic politician thing to do. It's called No Going Back.

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The podcast noted that the South Dakota governor has a forthcoming book titled No Going Back, in which she outlines her political journey and vision, and it contains a controversial anecdote about killing her family dog.

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has a book coming out, a book about her getting into politics and her vision and all of that, pretty classic politician thing to do. It's called No Going Back.

Unfortunately for her, she included an anecdote in the book that is just like political poison.

Noem wrote a pretty graphic story in her new book about killing the family dog named Cricket. She said that it was untrainable, dangerous to anyone who came in contact with it and quote, I hated that dog.

She then writes, it was not a pleasant job, but it had to be done. And after it was over, I realized another unpleasant job needed to be done.

She wrote about it in her book herself. She did.

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

The podcast extensively critiqued Kristi Noem’s book, No Going Back, focusing immediately on the political damage it caused her national career. Hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton highlighted the intense backlash she faced after revealing she shot her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, and noted the subsequent controversy over false claims she made about meeting Kim Jong-un. The consensus among the hosts was that the book constituted an "own goal," damaging her credibility with the right and potentially killing her chances of being a VP nominee. The discussion centered entirely on the book’s political fallout rather than its policy proposals.

Critiqued

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It was discussed in the context of Kristi Noem's political career, focusing on the controversy surrounding a passage where she described shooting her own dog and the subsequent negative media attention.

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She talked about shooting a dog, her dog, let's just be honest, it was a puppy, it was 14 months old.

She says that this dog attacked chickens like a trained assassin. That's what she said.

But then she goes on after she killed the dog. She took, she took the dog to a gravel pit. She shot the dog, not even like she put the dog down with a vet.

I hated that dog, Noam recalls calling Cricket less than worthless as a hunting dog, untrainable and dangerous to anyone she came in contact with. At that moment, I realized I had to put her down.

And I think this is important to talk about because the book's called No Going Back. The truth on what's wrong with politics.

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Kristi Noem's book was discussed, and it was mentioned that it seemed to have negatively impacted her political career, specifically related to false claims made within it about meeting Kim Jong-un.

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I'm not sure I have ever seen a politician write a book, make a voluntary choice to write a book and just light her entire political career on fire to the extent that she's finished.

It started with this bragging about shooting a dog, which many people are super fired up about. It now has turned into a more serious story, I think, in terms of the politics, where she wrote in the book that she met North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and was willing to kind of stand up to him, but it turns out she never met him.

So did Kristi Noem never read her own biography?

And this is what's going on, everyone. I mean, when you hear it, I think you need to hear the soundbite to understand why.

It's also frustrating because it plays into I don't like it when someone on the right does something that takes what the left always says about us and says, see, there you go. They're just frauds. They're just pretending to believe things to tell people in rural America that they don't really believe.

Episode: Hour 3 - Andy McCarthy

It was discussed that Kristi Noem's book had been a detriment to her political future, with many believing that she had damaged her chances of being the Republican nominee in 2024.

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We talked about Kristi Noem and like the own goal that I think her book has been for her.

Governor of South Dakota that used to have a political future in national politics and now we did get some calls that think she does. That this is fine. Don't blow it out of proportion.

There are some diehards to me if you're this dumb your odds of making your way through a competitive Republican primary speaking of Kristi Noem any of the callers, but yes, are low because you are gonna have a lot of super bright people that are running for president in 28 and I think she's killed her chances of being the nominee in 24.

I think that Mario you may have been a little taken in by Miss Noem by the batting of the eyelashes by the uh the whole oh I'm like the good old American, uh, you know rodeo success or a ranch success story.

And you know some of the stuff has come out and it is likely she will not be VP now and I can understand there is disappointment there but it is incumbent upon us to be honest with everybody before somebody's in a VP role in a critical election that can determine the future of the country that we not have someone who will be annihilated by the Democrats and cause us to lose the election, right?

Episode: Battleground LIVE: American STRESS Test

Kristi Noem's book, 'No Going Back', was mentioned as containing a story about her shooting her hunting dog, Cricket, after it killed some chickens, and this story was discussed at length on the show.

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I can understand why some people are upset about a 20-year-old story of Cricket, one of the working dogs at our ranch, in my up-and-coming book, 'No Going Back'.

Like you notice the book plug, the book is filled with many honest stories of my life, good and bad days, challenges, painful decisions, and lessons learned.

What A Day

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What A Day

The book includes an excerpt where the author writes about shooting and killing her 14-month-old puppy named Cricket after the dog ruined a hunting trip, killed her neighbor's chickens, and tried to bite her. The story continues with her describing the same violent end to a male goat on her farm.

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No Going Back

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The book includes an excerpt where the author writes about shooting and killing her 14-month-old puppy named Cricket after the dog ruined a hunting trip, killed her neighbor's chickens, and tried to bite her. The story continues with her describing the same violent end to a male goat on her farm.

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No Going Back

I guess if I were a better politician, I wouldn't tell the story here.

The Fox News Rundown

Christy Noem's book tour was mentioned, and it was said to have faltered because it was hard for her to defend herself, and therefore, it would be hard for her to defend the top of the ticket.

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And I think this is where, you know, you had the Christy Noem book tour, you know, that is where it's kind of faltered because if it's hard, if making it hard to defend yourself, it's certainly going...

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Christy Noem's book tour was mentioned, and it was said to have faltered because it was hard for her to defend herself, and therefore, it would be hard for her to defend the top of the ticket.

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And I think this is where, you know, you had the Christy Noem book tour, you know, that is where it's kind of faltered because if it's hard, if making it hard to defend yourself, it's certainly going to be hard to defend the top of the ticket.

The Rubin Report

This was Kristi Noem's second book, which she later claimed she didn't write, and it included an anecdote about killing her 14 month old puppy that was widely criticized. She canceled her book tour and her appearance on Greg Gutfeld's show, blaming the weather, but many believe it was due to the negative attention the story received.

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I spoke. Yes, I do speak to him.

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This was Kristi Noem's second book, which she later claimed she didn't write, and it included an anecdote about killing her 14 month old puppy that was widely criticized. She canceled her book tour and her appearance on Greg Gutfeld's show, blaming the weather, but many believe it was due to the negative attention the story received.

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I spoke. Yes, I do speak to him.

No, I never. I never tell anybody my personal conversations with President Trump.

I talked to President Trump all the time. About a lot of things.

Yes, enough, Stuart. This interview is ridiculous what you are doing right now. So you need to stop.

Let's talk about some real topics that Americans care about. I'm afraid we're out of time. Oh, well, of course we are. But we do thank you for being with us. I know I pressed hard, but that's what people are talking about to this day.

The MeidasTouch Podcast

The book was brought up when Kristi Noem described the difficult choices she faced, including euthanizing her dog and killing a goat, as examples of the hard decisions she has made in her life. She discussed these incidents during both episodes, and the co‑host highlighted the shocking nature of the revelations. The conversation focused on the controversial content rather than endorsing the work.

Critiqued

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Kristi Noem discussed her book, explaining that it includes challenging decisions she's made, including the euthanasia of her dog, Cricket, due to aggression towards livestock and humans.

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The truth of the story is that this was a working dog and it was not a puppy. It was a dog that was extremely dangerous.

It had come to us from a family who had found her way too aggressive. We were her second chance and she was the day she was put down was a day that she massacred livestock that were part of our neighbors.

She attacked me and it was a hard decision. And the reason it's in the book is because this book is filled with tough challenging decisions that I have to make throughout my life.

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It was mentioned in the context of a shocking revelation, where Noem discussed killing her puppy and other livestock.

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Cricket was a wire hair pointer about 14 months, I absolutely hated that dog, the dog was untrainable, at that moment I realized I had to put her down, it was not a pleasant job but it had to be done and after it was over I realized another unpleasant job needed to be done

she talks about killing her puppy and then killing a goat and she wrote she wrote that this fan that this male goat she thought was nasty and mean and musky and rancid so she so she killed it and she dragged it into a gravel pit and hurried back to the gravel pit to put it down because when she shot the goat she didn't kill the goat right away

All In with Chris Hayes

The book was brought up as a controversial memoir that the governor was using as a political PR tool, with hosts highlighting the sensational story of her killing a dog and other animals and noting that its launch had been a disaster for her vice‑presidential ambitions. Chris Hayes and other guests critiqued it as a campaign document rather than a serious memoir, emphasizing its negative impact on her image.

Critiqued

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The book tells a story about a time the governor shot and killed her dog, Cricket, and a goat in a gravel pit. The book also mentions that she had to put down three horses in the same gravel pit. The rollout of the book has been a disaster and has not helped to position her as a possible vice presidential nominee.

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When I got back into my truck, Cricket was sitting in the passenger seat looking like she had just won the lottery. The picture of pure joy. I hated that dog.

The truth of this story is that this was a working dog and it was not a puppy. It was a dog that was extremely dangerous.

These horses were old. They were in their late, late 20s. They were our rodeo horses, ranch horses, and they raised my girls. They took care of them.

I'm not going to talk about my specific meetings with world leaders. I'm just not going to do that.

Well, I'll tell you, Stuart, I'm sorry you're not hearing from real Americans that live on farms and ranches.

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The book was described as her new memoir, promoting her campaign for the number two slot, with one of the main topics discussed in the book was the shooting of her puppy. The book was described as being a PR document, not a memoir trying to win a book award, but a campaign document to curry favor with her target audience.

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Now in Noem's defense, the book is generating her a bunch of headlines like, for instance, quote, Kristi Noem describes executing puppies she hated in New Book and, quote, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defends her account of killing own dog in New Book.

And finally, quote, Kristi Noem's VP chances appear as dead as the dog she killed.

If you want more real, honest and politically incorrect stories that will have the media gasping pre-order no going back.

I've always been an advocate of a of a of a of a woman as a VP because I think you have some strong woman, although Christy Noem, I think is maybe a little too based shooting the shooting the puppy in the in the gravel.

Who put that in the book? Like I think I was like your your ghostwriter must really not like you if they get to include that one.

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