Sean Hannity gives Kristi Noem a friendly interview to defend shooting her 14-month-old dog
Hannity: “Is there a difference which way you put a dog down? I'm not really sure, but I don't think people understood it.”
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Citation From the May 1, 2024, edition of Fox News' Hannity
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Governor, you have responded. You responded on X on Sunday and you gave more explanation to this but you talk about this 14-month-old dog as untrainable. You describe it as a “trained assassin,” how the dog was killing chickens of a local neighbor and how the dog even went to bite you and I believe bit others as well.
Tell us in your words why it came to that decision. I mean, unfortunately dogs that are violent sometimes have to be put down but I guess people, because you shot the dog -- is there a difference which way you put a dog down? I'm not really sure, but I don't think people understood it. I want to give you a chance to explain.
GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM (GUEST): Well, Sean, you know, how the fake news works. They leave out some or most of the facts of a story. They put the worst spin on it and that's what's happened in this case. I hope people really do buy this book and they find out the truth of this story because 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. It had come to us from a family who 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 a part of our neighbors, she attacked me and it was a hard decision.