{"id":2234554,"date":"2024-05-01T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-weighs-in-on-noems-dog-faux-pas-i-didnt-shoot-my-dog\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:56:07","slug":"mitt-romney-weighs-in-on-noems-dog-faux-pas-i-didnt-shoot-my-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-weighs-in-on-noems-dog-faux-pas-i-didnt-shoot-my-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney Responds to Noem&#8217;s Dog Incident: &#8220;I Didn&#8217;t Shoot My Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitt-romney-weighs-in-on-noems-dog-faux-pas-i-didnt-shoot-my-dog%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator\u2064 Mitt Romney\u200c from\u200c Utah responded to the backlash regarding an incident in Governor Kristi Noem&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-warned-mitch-mcconnell-there-are-calls-to-burn-down-your-house-ahead-of-jan-6\/\" title=\"Mitt Romney cautioned Mitch McConnell about threats to his home before Jan. 6.\">upcoming \u2062book<\/a> \u200d&#8221;No Going Back,&#8221; \u2064involving\u200d the euthanization of a puppy. This comes as Romney\u2062 faced scrutiny for once tying his dog to \u200cthe car \u200droof during a \u206312-hour drive, impacting his 2012 presidential campaign. The parallels underscore the impact of such stories on political figures. Senator \u200bMitt Romney of Utah \u200baddressed criticism\u2062 related \u200bto \u2064an episode in Governor Kristi Noem&#8217;s forthcoming\u200c book &#8220;No Going\u2063 Back,&#8221; concerning the euthanization of a puppy. This issue arose\u2064 as Romney himself was censured for securing \u2064his dog\u2064 to the car roof on\u2063 a 12-hour journey,\u2063 affecting his bid for the presidency\u2064 in 2012. Such incidents highlight the influence of such narratives \u200con political \u200cfigures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitt-romney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitt Romney<\/a> (R-UT) responded on Tuesday to the fervor over an anecdote in Gov. Kristi Noem\u2019s (R-SD) upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>book<\/a>, <em>No Going Back<\/em>, about her executing a 14-month-old puppy.<\/p>\n<p>Romney infamously once tied his dog to the roof of his car and drove 12 hours, a story that came out when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2007\/jun\/29\/usa.mittromney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>running for president in 2012<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rfk-factor-can-kennedy-make-a-difference-in-2024\/\" title=\"The Influence of RFK: Impacting 2024?\">arguably affected<\/a> his campaign in much the same way that Noem\u2019s dog-killing story has affected her chances of becoming former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2982990\/kristi-noem-underestimates-shock-over-dog-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t eat my dog. I didn\u2019t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me,\u201d Romney told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/kristi-noem-dog-mitt-romney_n_66316f70e4b0849b2edd5cd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>HuffPost<\/em><\/a>. During the incident, which took place in 1983, Romney had to stop to clean the dog, an Irish setter named Seamus, but continued on with the road trip with the dog still tied to the top of the car.<\/p>\n<p>In her book, Noem describes a hunting puppy, a wirehaired pointer named Cricket, as \u201cuntrainable,\u201d \u201cdangerous to anyone she came in contact with,\u201d and \u201cless than worthless \u2026 as a hunting dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not a pleasant job,\u201d she wrote, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/apr\/26\/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Guardian<\/em><\/a>, about bringing the puppy to a gravel pit and executing her. \u201cBut it had to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests the comment from Romney that \u201cI didn\u2019t eat my dog\u201d comes from an incident former President Barack Obama once recalled of his childhood. He lived for a short time, from 1967 to 1971, in Indonesia, and he said of the time that he was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2010\/nov\/09\/barack-obama-childhood-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>introduced to dog meat<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In her book, Noem also reportedly describes the moment her daughter, Kennedy, came home and asked about the puppy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKennedy looked around confused,\u201d Noem wrote, saying her daughter asked, \u201cHey, where\u2019s Cricket?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) addressed the controversy surrounding Governor Kristi Noem&#8217;s (R-SD) book, &#8220;No Going Back,&#8221; detailing her action of putting down a 14-month-old puppy. Romney, known for once transporting his dog on the car roof for 12 hours, responded to the uproar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3042,"featured_media":2234555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP22046767079099.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP22046767079099.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}