CBS host Margaret Brennan grilled South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) after she suggested President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, should be killed.
During a Sunday interview on Face the Nation, Brennan questioned Noem about her view on dogs after writing in a new book that she had shot her hunting dog, Cricket, to death.
"But on this point, though, because you have been rumored to be a potential vice presidential candidate, as you know, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said killing the dog and then writing about it ended any possibility of her being picked as VP," Brennan explained. "You talk multiple times about it."
"In fact, at the end of the book, you say the very first thing you would do if you got to the White House that was different from Joe Biden is you'd make sure Joe Biden's dog was nowhere on the grounds, Commander, say hello to Cricket," the CBS host noted. "Are you doing this to try to look tough? Do you still think that you have a shot at being a VP?"
"Well, number one, Joe Biden's dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people," Noem replied. "So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog and what he's not living at the White House?"
"You're saying you should be shot?" Brennan exclaimed.
"The president should be accountable to is what is the number?" Noem continued. "And I would say about Republicans criticizing me, these are the same Republicans that criticized me during COVID."
"You're not going to retract the book?" Brennan pressed.
"I'm not retracting anything," Noem insisted.
