Gov. Kristi Noem says "I want the truth to be out there" after viral story of killing her dog

We Begin this morning with the

Republican governor of the state of

South Dakota chrisy gnome her upcoming

Memoir no going back is out this Tuesday

and she joins us from Watertown South

Dakota welcome back to Face the

Nation thank you Margaret thank you for

inviting me to be on with you today well

Governor uh I have your book right here

the very first blurb in it is an

endorsement from Donald Trump he says

this book gets a winner lays out a

fantastic plan to make americ great

again I know you're back from a

gathering with Mr Trump and other

Republicans in Florida did he mention

any of the response to your book at

all oh he certainly knows about the book

and I appreciate his endorsement of it

you know this is really a book that

talks about how we're not going back

it's we're no going back to the days

before Donald Trump the Donald Trump

broke politics and I think that's a good

thing we're not going back to the days

of Mitt Romney or the bushes that now

there's a new uh way to do and talk to

the American people and they appreciate

it it's an honest genuine conversation

about what these citizens can do to take

back their government and to have more

input so this book is really a how-to

guide for for how to make your voice

heard and have for people in this

country what they can do to really make

sure that they are getting genuine

elected officials that really want to

give them more freedom and liberty so

you write about Lessons Learned in

leadership um and you bring up some

specific incidents I want to ask you

about you talk about meeting some world

leaders and one specific one quote I

remember when I met with North Korean

dictator Kim Jong-un I'm sure he

underestimated me having no clue about

my experience staring down little

tyrants I've been a children's Pastor

after all did you meet Kim

Jong-un well you know as soon as this

was brought to my attention um I

certainly uh made some changes and

looked at uh this this passage and I've

met with many many world leaders uh I've

traveled around the world uh as soon as

it was brought to my attention uh we

went forward and have made some edits so

I'm glad that this book is being

released in a couple of days and that

those edits will be in place and that

people will will have the updated

version so you did not meet with Kim

Jong-un that's what you're

saying you I've met with many many world

leaders many world leaders I've traveled

around the world I 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

I'm just not going to do that uh this

anecdote shouldn't have been in the book

and as soon as it was brought to my

attention uh I made sure that that was

adjusted so the book is not released

until Tuesday and so we're doing all

that we can to make sure that those

changes are made and I'm going to

continue to focus on what this book is

and the blueprint that it lays out for

the American citizen on all of the the

things and the background and and

stories of my life but also uh what I

think that needs to be identified in

politics and what's broken today I talk

about how broken the money game is how

broken it is that that we've got

Consultants that are getting rich off of

elected officials and then how fake some

elected politicians are every single

person in this country wants someone in

elected office that's that's um a human

being that doesn't say they're perfect

uh I take respons ility for that being

in the book and as soon as it was

brought to my attention uh I asked for

it to be changed so I'm glad that the

release date is in a couple of days and

we're excited to talk to America about

uh my new book no going back so you talk

about your time in the armed services

committee from 2013 to

2015 in that period of time the leader

of South Korea was a female president

I'm wondering who is it that you

confused Kim Jong-un

with well I think you need to remember

Margaret and everybody needs to remember

that I've worked on egg policy and

federal policy for over 30 years uh my

time in serving and making policies in

this country has been extensive and

covered decades but you never went to

specifics in this book I talk about the

fact that yes I have I've been there so

you went to North Korea you to the DMZ

and there are details there are details

in this book that talk about going to

the DMZ and specifics that I'm willing

to share there's some specifics I'm not

willing to share with you I've traveled

the world and I visited with world

leaders and some of that is referenced

in the book and this anecdote is

something that when it was brought to my

attention uh we made some changes and

when the book's release we'll do all

that we can to see that that that is

reflected okay well I'm asking about

that specifically because you you made

the point to bring him up twice and that

he was a little Tyrant do you have a

question for me Margaret yes I do um

South Korea is a treaty Ally North Korea

is a nuclear armed adversary so that's a

pretty big thing to confuse um I know

you read this book before it was

published Because You released video of

your recording of the audio book you

didn't catch these errors when you were

recording

it oh marget as soon as it was brought

to my attention uh I took action to make

sure that it was reflected and listen

this is what is so discouraging about

politics in the media today is that we

have the White House that just recently

came out and confirmed that President

Joe Biden has misspoken has made

mistakes has even outright lied over

close to 150 times just this year and

you've done nothing uh to question him

on any of that and you're you're talking

about a book that hasn't been released

yet that's been corrected before it's

been released and you haven't said one

thing about Joe Biden saying that he was

in prison with Nelson Mandela that he

started the Civil Rights Movement that

if I had a interview with Joe Biden I've

asked for multiple times I will

definitely ask ask him about his record

but I'm asking you about your book here

which we have I'm just asking for why

why am I being treated differently than

every other person that you've

interviewed I've looked at your last

several weeks in your interviews you

don't you don't interrupt other people

you let them talk thank you for inviting

me to have this conversation about this

book this book is extremely uh important

to the people of this country it is

important because it's a how-to guide of

what they can do to have input into

their government we need Breakers and

builders in this world uh and I'm taking

responsibility for the change that we've

made the book and I've told you that and

I'm no it's not I what I've said is that

I have you're not taking responsibility

for I've decided this

and I am saying that this book is uh

very very good and I've met with many

world leaders and that um I there are

world leaders that I've met with that

are in this book there are many that

I've met with that are not in this book

uh and is an anecdote uh that that I

asked to have re removed because I think

it's appropriate at this point in time

but I'm not going to talk to you about

those personal meetings that I've had

with world leaders okay I'm just not

going to have that conversation because

I think it's important okay you do

mention uh Benjamin Netanyahu as well

though in it among world leaders um in

an interview with Time Magazine this

week former president Donald Trump was

asked about Israel and Hamas and he said

quote BB Netanyahu rightfully has been

criticized for what took took place on

October 7th do you agree with Mr

Trump I think that BB Netanyahu is a

strong leader who's leading Israel

through extremely difficult times uh

October 7th was horrific and the crimes

that Hamas committed against the Jewish

people were absolutely awful and that

the United States of America should

stand strong with our allies in the

Middle East uh I'm proud to to know the

Jewish people and their leaders over

many many years and I think that what

Hamas is doing and the atrocities that

were committed are horrific and that we

should never stand for the anti-Semitism

that we see going on in the United

States of America and what's happens on

our college campuses is absolutely

devastating it should be shut down

immediately I'm disappointed that

President Joe Biden didn't take action

immediately to stop these violent crimes

against the Jewish people that have

happened on our own college campuses

right here in the United States of

America uh should have never been

allowed and it should be stopped today

okay so you don't agree with Mr Trump's

statement there um I want to ask you uh

again about the book uh I I I know you

know this question is coming um because

there's been such an enormous backlash

about your Revelation that you shot and

killed a wire hair pointer named Cricket

who was 14 months old you say in the

book she uh came from another family

that struggled with her aggression you'd

been training her to hunt she got too

excited ruined the hunt and then

attacked and killed some chickens I

wonder if you have regrets about sharing

this

story you know Margaret this book is

filled with vulnerable painful moments

in my life uh filled with times where

I've made very difficult decisions the

reason that the story is in the book

because people need to understand who I

am and some of those difficult decisions

this was a dangerous animal that was

killing livestock and attacking people

and and I had little children at the

time our operation had many kids running

around and people in interaction with

the public uh and I made a difficult

choice I think you're a mother too and

you have little kiddos uh would you make

a choice between your children or a

dangerous animal and I think I would ask

everybody in the country to put

themselves in that situation because

that's what I faced and I talk about it

because what I'm tired of in this

country is politicians who pretend to be

something that they're not uh that they

aren't willing to have the hard

conversations and look at the past and

the tough decisions that they've made

I'm what I talk about in the book

extensively when people are able to get

it on Tuesday is to see the whole story

and the truth not the spin that the

media has put on this story uh the media

has put some or removed removed most of

the facts and and what the reason this

is in there is because I want people to

know that I don't ask anybody else to

take on my responsibilities I understood

my responsibility and as a mom I made a

choice between protecting my children

and protecting them from a dangerous

animal that was killing livestock and

attacking people well decision described

I described I think accurately how you

wrote it up in the book

um You didn't say the dog attacked

people you said it had tried to bite you

um and I just wonder why you concluded

that a young dog was

untrainable and not just take it to a

shelter this dog was a well this dog was

a working dog and it had come from a

family that already had issues with this

dog and I had put months and months of

training into this dog this dog had gone

to other trainers as well uh so so all

of that is the facts of the story and

all of that shows that when you put

someone in a position where they have to

make a a decision and they want to

protect their family and protect

children and other people from getting

attacked from an animal that has

attacked others and killed livestock uh

that's the choice I made over 20 years

ago and that I didn't ask somebody else

to take take that responsibility for me

that I had to make that decision myself

because you put it in a part of a

chapter called bad day to be a goat and

then after you shot the dog you quote

realized another unpleasant job needed

to be done walking back up to the yard I

spotted our billy goat you said he

smelled and would chase kids so you took

him to the gravel pit and shot him

twice how how do you justify that how

was the goat a threat and I'm asking you

this because it seems like you're

celebrating the killing of the

animals not at all this has been a story

that my political opponents have tried

to use against me for years it's well

known in South Dakota and it has been to

other people and I want the truth to be

out there and understand uh that that

these animals were attacking my children

that that we live on a farm in a ranch

and that tough decisions are made many

times and it is it is to protect people

and I'll tell you the the extremism of

other people and how they have uh

attacked me politically I understand it

they're doing the same thing to me that

they do to Donald Trump every day every

day the constant attacks and coming

after me during covid I was attacked

night after night for months after

months for the decisions that made in

fact you and many other journalists

attacked me every single day on TV for

months for the decisions that I made in

South Dakota uh for My People to protect

their freedoms and I think we had a very

I think we had a very fair when you

joined us ma'am at that time and I

thanked you for answering questions on

it um but on the on this point though

because you have been rumored to be a

potential vice presidential candidate as

you know um and former house Speaker n

gingr said killing the dog and then

writing about it ended any possibility

of her being picked as VP you talk

multiple times about it in fact at the

end of the book you say the very first

thing you would do if you got to the

White House that was different from Joe

Biden is you'd make sure Joe Biden's dog

was nowhere on the grounds Commander say

hello to

Cricket are you doing this to try to to

look tough do you still think that you

have a shot at being a

VP well number one Joe Biden's dog has

attacked 24 Secret Service people so how

many people is enough people to be

attacked and dangerously hurt before you

make a decision on a dog and what he's

not living at the White House that's the

question that the President should be

held accountable to you're saying he

should be shot what the President should

be accountable to is what is what is the

number and I would say about Republicans

criticizing me these are the same

Republicans that criticized me during

covid they've criticized me when I've

made other decisions in South Dakota to

protect my state and my state today is

extremely happy and thriving we're doing

well we've got thousands of people

moving to our state because they love

the opportunities that are here and the

businesses that have come and how we've

gotten to be a state that has one of the

lowest unemployment rates on the nation

everybody has an opportunity for higher

wages we've got revenues and reserves we

paid off our debt we've got a AAA credit

rating we've got a fully funded pension

system we were the first state in the

nation to so you're not going to retract

the B and to prevent China Governor I

this book is a powerful book it's an

honest book it's an honest book of

blueprint for America of what citizens

can do here to take their country back

okay and I'm so proud of this book and

and what it will bring to people I hope

that they will buy it they'll find a lot

of truthful stories and we talk a lot

about um what we can use as an example

from Donald Trump on how he has

continued to be a real person been

genuine and been honest to people and

that would politicians when they're part

of it I'm not I'm not retracting

anything I'm not retracting anything all

right no all right Governor absolutely

this book Thank you for taking the

questions and joining us to