βSheβs in the pantheon nowβ: Kristi Noem and the politicians who hit self-destruct
18 May 2024 at 09:00
The dog-killing South Dakota governorβs VP hopes are in tatters. But sheβs not the first politician to flame out with an own goal
She could have been a contender. But then she wrote a book. And suddenly Kristi Noem was caught like a rabbit β or a rambunctious puppy β in the headlights.
The governor of South Dakota found herself insisting that a false claim she met the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un had been put in her book by accident. Wait, said Elizabeth Vargas of NewsNation, you recorded the whole audiobook version and read this passage out loud. Why didnβt you take it out then?
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