Washington [US], May 7: The White House has criticized a political opponent for calling for US President Joe Biden's pet dog to be killed, days after this person revealed she shot and killed her own family dog.
Ms. Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota and currently a potential candidate for the position of "deputy" of Mr. Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election , said that the dog is named "Commander". Mr. Biden should suffer the same fate as her dog for biting several US Secret Service agents.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded on May 6, saying that Ms. Noem (52 years old) should have been in the doghouse.
"We found her words yesterday disturbing, we thought they were absurd... This is a dog-loving country and you have a leader who is talking about kill dogs," Ms. Jean-Pierre said at a press conference.
"Maybe Ms. Noem should stop digging a hole to bury herself," Ms. Jean-Pierre said.
Ms. Noem shocked the United States when she revealed in her upcoming memoir that, after a failed hunting trip, she shot and killed her own 14-month-old dog named Cricket, for "animal reasons". cannot be trained.
She said if she wins the White House with Mr. Trump in the November election, she will force "Commander to salute Cricket."
"Joe Biden 's dog attacked 24 Secret Service agents. So how many people were attacked and suffered dangerous injuries for you to make a decision about a dog?", Ms. Noem said in the chapter. CBS Radio's "Face the Nation" on May 5.
"That is an issue for which the president must take responsibility," the governor emphasized.
Commander was brought in to live with family members, after the 2-year-old German shepherd, who arrived at the White House as a puppy in 2021, had trouble fitting in and bit at least 11 Secret Service agents. US service.
The revelation about the shooting of her pet dog is not the only part of Noem's new book that has raised eyebrows.
She was forced to deny information that she met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which she mentioned in the book. A spokeswoman said this detail would be "corrected" when the book is republished in the future.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
