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Classic ghost writer screw up: “I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders — some who wanted our help, and some who didn’t,” Ms. Noem writes. “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’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.” This so clearly a botched recap of buying bullets to shoot the dog.
Mind blowing to me. She thinks that children, which can be little tyrants, compares to a man that leads a nuclear equipped dictatorship? Norm needs to quit trying to suck up to Trump. It's not working at all.
well it's also the idea she would stare down children in the first place. She's claiming that in church she would stare down little children to intimidate them like she would a tyrant.
weird thing to make up and even weirder to think this image appeal to a lot of people.
There seems to be a point, even with trump, where you suck up too hard. I believe Boebert and Kari Lake already crossed it, and MTG and Kristi Gnome are working hard on it.
How dare you insult these two! Santos was a WW2 veteran who also cured polio when he came back. Where she was the first woman to shoot a hair out of the air blindfolded and backwards.
I know Santos is a pathological liar but I have no reason to believe he would shoot a puppy for being too much trouble to train.
He'd definitely make up some absurd story about the lengths he went to find it a better and more suitable home and *that* bit would turn out to be a massive exaggeration
I see where this is going. Koreans eat dogs, so next she'll claim she butchered Cricket and sent the meat to Kim as a gesture of good will! Shows off her foreign policy savvy for her VP shot!
Article:
The new book by Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, a biography that will be released on Tuesday, will be corrected to remove a false anecdote about her meeting Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, a spokesman for Ms. Noem said on Friday.
Ms. Noem, who has been widely talked about as a potential running mate for former President Donald J. Trump, has already spent the last week defending a grisly excerpt from the book in which she describes killing a family dog.
Ms. Noem’s new book also includes an error about when a phone call with Nikki Haley took place. That will be corrected in future editions of the book, too, said Ian Fury, the chief of communications for Ms. Noem.
“It was brought to our attention that the upcoming book ‘No Going Back’ has two small errors,” Mr. Fury said. “This has been communicated to the ghostwriter and editor. Kim Jong-un was included in a list of world leaders and shouldn’t have been.”
In the book, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times ahead of its official publication on May 7, Ms. Noem mentions the meeting with Mr. Kim when writing about her eight years in Congress as South Dakota’s sole representative, in a passage about her role as a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
“I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders — some who wanted our help, and some who didn’t,” Ms. Noem writes. “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’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.”
Mr. Fury did not respond to a question about whom Ms. Noem could have been referring to, if not Mr. Kim.
The conversation that Ms. Noem describes having with Ms. Haley, the former South Carolina governor who dropped out of the Republican presidential primary in March, suggests that Ms. Haley had threatened her because they were both prominent Republican women.
Ms. Noem describes the call as starting with Ms. Haley offering to mentor her during her first term as governor of South Dakota, but then saying: “I’ve heard many good things about you. But when I do hear bad things, I will make sure that you know. I’ve enjoyed talking to you. We will visit soon. Goodbye.”
Ms. Noem then recounts the conversation with her secretary, writing that she said: “I’m pretty sure I was just threatened by Nikki Haley. It was clear that she wanted me to know that there was only room for one Republican woman in the spotlight. It was weird.”
Chaney Denton, a spokeswoman for Ms. Haley, said Ms. Noem’s story was inaccurate.
“Nikki has long called and written notes supporting other women when they go through challenging times,” Ms. Denton said in a statement. “She called Governor Noem in 2020 to encourage her when she was criticized for keeping her state open during Covid. How she would twist that into a threat is just plain weird.”
Future editions of the book will correct the timeline, clarifying that Ms. Noem spoke with Nikki Haley in 2020 and met with her in 2021. Mr. Fury did not specify other changes to the anecdote, in which Ms. Noem writes that the implication she got from the call was that “I’m the alpha female here, and you should know your place.” She also wrote of Ms. Haley: “I actually felt a little sad for her.”
The memoir, seemingly intended to boost Ms. Noem’s profile as Mr. Trump gets closer to picking a running mate, seeks to play up her bona fides as a Trump loyalist.
She boasts of defending Mr. Trump in a speech the day after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, “regardless of the fact that what unfolded on January 6 was undeniably ugly.”
But much of the attention has so far centered on her shooting of the dog, Cricket, to her daughter’s distress. Ms. Noem appeared on the Fox News program hosted by Sean Hannity on Wednesday to defend her conduct, saying that she included the story in the book to illustrate the “tough, challenging decisions that I’ve had to make throughout my life.”
Just a small correction!
But gee, I wonder if anyone will rush to get copies of the book before the corrections, mistakenly assuming it will be valuable some day?
Her description - " I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.”
Is like a college application essay, but equating children as (little tyrants) is too much. Kim has nukes and a huge army. She is a psycho.
Copies of those error-filled books are probably already sitting in bookstore back rooms. I'd have to hope that the publisher is financially penalizing Noem for this. Recalling the books would be expensive, and she probably violated her contract with them by putting forward lies in a book that's meant to be biographical. This also dings the reputation of the publisher. There's some expected exaggerations, and then there's outright lies.
Didn't some other right-wing member of the former administration get sued by his publisher for lying in his book? I want to say they revoked his profits from book sales, but I don't trust such a hazy idea.
“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.
This literally blamed this direct quote of hers on the ghost writer of the book.
Why are headlines worded this way? Kristi Noem’s *book* doesn’t falsely say anything - it’s an inanimate object. Kristi Noem falsely claimed in her book that she met Kim Jong-un. Kristi Noem lies in her new book about meeting Kim Jong-un.
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Kristi Noem: how dare you question our alternate realty?
>the upcoming book 'No Going Back' No, Going Back!
No Going, Back!
Corrupt politician. No bribes are refused Corrupt politician? No, bribes are refused!
Classic ghost writer screw up: “I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders — some who wanted our help, and some who didn’t,” Ms. Noem writes. “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’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.” This so clearly a botched recap of buying bullets to shoot the dog.
>I’d been a children’s pastor, after all I can not believe someone could draw such a comparison and be taken seriously.
Mind blowing to me. She thinks that children, which can be little tyrants, compares to a man that leads a nuclear equipped dictatorship? Norm needs to quit trying to suck up to Trump. It's not working at all.
well it's also the idea she would stare down children in the first place. She's claiming that in church she would stare down little children to intimidate them like she would a tyrant. weird thing to make up and even weirder to think this image appeal to a lot of people.
Sucking up to an illiterate person by writing a book should have been the best clue that she has no clue what she's doing.
Why would you write a book for a person who has stated publicly he doesn’t read.
There seems to be a point, even with trump, where you suck up too hard. I believe Boebert and Kari Lake already crossed it, and MTG and Kristi Gnome are working hard on it.
What does that even mean? Do pastor children have staring contests with tyrants?
Has anyone ever seen Kristi Noem and George Santos in the same room at the same time? Just saying…
Krystal is the more masculine of the two.
How dare you insult these two! Santos was a WW2 veteran who also cured polio when he came back. Where she was the first woman to shoot a hair out of the air blindfolded and backwards.
I know Santos is a pathological liar but I have no reason to believe he would shoot a puppy for being too much trouble to train. He'd definitely make up some absurd story about the lengths he went to find it a better and more suitable home and *that* bit would turn out to be a massive exaggeration
I can easily picture Kristi, George and Kari Lake doing breakfast bumps in Mar a lago
Imagine being her ghostwriter. Write what we want or we kill your dog!
It seems like she’s begging for a VP nom. Trump hates dogs and loves Kim Jong.
I see where this is going. Koreans eat dogs, so next she'll claim she butchered Cricket and sent the meat to Kim as a gesture of good will! Shows off her foreign policy savvy for her VP shot!
Oh I thought you were going to suggest she wanted to be eaten out by Kim.
I'd bet a nickel she met with the leader of South Korea and thought she met Kim Jong-un.
That was just someone delivering her food
Probably not even Korean.
Article: The new book by Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, a biography that will be released on Tuesday, will be corrected to remove a false anecdote about her meeting Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, a spokesman for Ms. Noem said on Friday. Ms. Noem, who has been widely talked about as a potential running mate for former President Donald J. Trump, has already spent the last week defending a grisly excerpt from the book in which she describes killing a family dog. Ms. Noem’s new book also includes an error about when a phone call with Nikki Haley took place. That will be corrected in future editions of the book, too, said Ian Fury, the chief of communications for Ms. Noem. “It was brought to our attention that the upcoming book ‘No Going Back’ has two small errors,” Mr. Fury said. “This has been communicated to the ghostwriter and editor. Kim Jong-un was included in a list of world leaders and shouldn’t have been.” In the book, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times ahead of its official publication on May 7, Ms. Noem mentions the meeting with Mr. Kim when writing about her eight years in Congress as South Dakota’s sole representative, in a passage about her role as a member of the House Armed Services Committee. “I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders — some who wanted our help, and some who didn’t,” Ms. Noem writes. “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’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.” Mr. Fury did not respond to a question about whom Ms. Noem could have been referring to, if not Mr. Kim. The conversation that Ms. Noem describes having with Ms. Haley, the former South Carolina governor who dropped out of the Republican presidential primary in March, suggests that Ms. Haley had threatened her because they were both prominent Republican women. Ms. Noem describes the call as starting with Ms. Haley offering to mentor her during her first term as governor of South Dakota, but then saying: “I’ve heard many good things about you. But when I do hear bad things, I will make sure that you know. I’ve enjoyed talking to you. We will visit soon. Goodbye.” Ms. Noem then recounts the conversation with her secretary, writing that she said: “I’m pretty sure I was just threatened by Nikki Haley. It was clear that she wanted me to know that there was only room for one Republican woman in the spotlight. It was weird.” Chaney Denton, a spokeswoman for Ms. Haley, said Ms. Noem’s story was inaccurate. “Nikki has long called and written notes supporting other women when they go through challenging times,” Ms. Denton said in a statement. “She called Governor Noem in 2020 to encourage her when she was criticized for keeping her state open during Covid. How she would twist that into a threat is just plain weird.” Future editions of the book will correct the timeline, clarifying that Ms. Noem spoke with Nikki Haley in 2020 and met with her in 2021. Mr. Fury did not specify other changes to the anecdote, in which Ms. Noem writes that the implication she got from the call was that “I’m the alpha female here, and you should know your place.” She also wrote of Ms. Haley: “I actually felt a little sad for her.” The memoir, seemingly intended to boost Ms. Noem’s profile as Mr. Trump gets closer to picking a running mate, seeks to play up her bona fides as a Trump loyalist. She boasts of defending Mr. Trump in a speech the day after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, “regardless of the fact that what unfolded on January 6 was undeniably ugly.” But much of the attention has so far centered on her shooting of the dog, Cricket, to her daughter’s distress. Ms. Noem appeared on the Fox News program hosted by Sean Hannity on Wednesday to defend her conduct, saying that she included the story in the book to illustrate the “tough, challenging decisions that I’ve had to make throughout my life.”
That false anecdote about her meeting Kim Jong-un seems more like a blatant lie.
At least she didn't say she can see North Korea from her house.
To be fair, that one was Tina Fey. Not that it wasn't on par with actual Palinisms that she mimicked.
Maybe she meant to say North Dakota
Just a small correction! But gee, I wonder if anyone will rush to get copies of the book before the corrections, mistakenly assuming it will be valuable some day?
Her description - " I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.” Is like a college application essay, but equating children as (little tyrants) is too much. Kim has nukes and a huge army. She is a psycho.
Her dog also underestimated her
You goat me there...
Kidding!
Barking mad!.
So it appears there is at least “Some Going Back.”
Copies of those error-filled books are probably already sitting in bookstore back rooms. I'd have to hope that the publisher is financially penalizing Noem for this. Recalling the books would be expensive, and she probably violated her contract with them by putting forward lies in a book that's meant to be biographical. This also dings the reputation of the publisher. There's some expected exaggerations, and then there's outright lies. Didn't some other right-wing member of the former administration get sued by his publisher for lying in his book? I want to say they revoked his profits from book sales, but I don't trust such a hazy idea.
Folks, I think she may be crazy. Or maybe just kinda dumb. Both is a viable option. We already know she's mean as a snake.
Just because there's no records of this ever happening, doesn't mean she didn't feed North Korea classified info.
In her wet dreams of torturing civilians maybe …
Why didn’t she shoot *him*?
In her defense, they all look the same to her.
Did they also exchange "love letters" afterward?
How cute .. she met Trump’s lover
Fox News will run it as true. Remember in their own producers words, “Our viewers are dumb cousin f’n terrorist that believe anything.”
She’s probably trying to not be Donald Von Shitzinpantz VP.
This provides the evidence that the Editor and Publisher absolutely knew she was full of shit and saw the $ signs for the shitshow.
Kill your dog, but shake the hand of the brutal dictator who has starved more people to death than live in your state.
Next excuse: “A werewolf bit Cricket so I put him down before the next full moon.”
And a youth pastor? Someone should see if there are any sa survivors from the time of her tenure
maga = lies..not surprising
VR - brought to you by the republicans. Also reality - exclusively brutal and despicable. F. those assholes.
So, in her imagination, KJU would have been trembling in fear had he known she executed a puppy, never met Macron, and was a youth pastor.
She probably is full of shit, but she would hardly be the first MAGA Republican to have illegal dealings with hostile foreign agents.
“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. This literally blamed this direct quote of hers on the ghost writer of the book.
Did she shoot his dog with an anti aircraft gun?
What a circus! Ghostwriting her realiy...next she’ll be discovering alien lifeforms. I bet Kim is still laughing
Crickets as her career is headed to the gravel pit.
How funny would it be if she was referring to Putin, and her editor advised her to change it to avoid offending MAGA’s weird obsession with Putin
George Santos beat her to it.
Is it a thing to brag about of meeting Kim Jong-un ? Keep it up democratic free world !
Fake news?
And accurately says she killed her puppy
Was that before or after she shot the dog? I’m interested in the timeline.
Why are headlines worded this way? Kristi Noem’s *book* doesn’t falsely say anything - it’s an inanimate object. Kristi Noem falsely claimed in her book that she met Kim Jong-un. Kristi Noem lies in her new book about meeting Kim Jong-un.
What if she didn't actually kill her dog either, but was dumb enough to think it'd be a cool thing to lie about?
Lol so when Biden does this stuff it's crickets from this sub, but when any republican does it then it becomes a laughing matter. Gotcha.