Storm over Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, among the shortlisted candidates for the vice presidency in the event of Donald Trump's election for a second term as US president.
In her latest book "No Going Back" Noem said she killed her dog and also a goat, acts taken as an example to illustrate that in politics she is willing to do, if necessary, "difficult, confusing and ugly things".
The Republican governor goes into detail about the killing of Cricket, her dog, who was just over a year old: «I hated that dog – she writes in the book – He couldn't be trained and was dangerous for anyone who came into contact with him. He was worth less than nothing as a hunting dog. And at that moment I realized that I would have to put him down."
The volume has not yet been released, but some previews have appeared in some US media. Triggering inevitable controversy.
(Unioneonline/lf)